{"product_id":"the-cay","title":"The Cay","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eHatchet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIsland of the Blue Dolphins\u003c\/i\u003e comes Theodore Taylor's classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner, \u003ci\u003eThe Cay\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he's eager to glimpse it firsthand-until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed.\u003cbr\u003e When Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in the middle of the sea. Besides Stew Cat, his only companion is an old West Indian, Timothy. Phillip remembers his mother's warning about black people: \"They are different, and they live differently.\"\u003cbr\u003e But by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillip's head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mr. Taylor has provided an exciting story...The idea that all humanity would benefit from this special form of color blindness permeates the whole book...The result is a story with a high ethical purpose but no sermon.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBook Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A taut tightly compressed story of endurance and revelation...At once barbed and tender, tense and fragile--as Timothy would say, 'outrageous good.'\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * \"Fully realized setting...artful, unobtrusive use of dialect...the representation of a hauntingly deep love, the poignancy of which is rarely achieved in children's literature.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eStarred\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Starkly dramatic, believable and compelling.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A tense and moving experience in reading.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Eloquently underscores the intrinsic brotherhood of man.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is one of the best survival stories since \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e - A \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e - A \u003ci\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/i\u003e Honor Book\u003cbr\u003e - An American Library Association Notable Book\u003cbr\u003e - A \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Children's Book to Remember\u003cbr\u003e - A Child Study Association's Pick of Children's Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e - Jane Addams Book Award\u003cbr\u003e - Lewis Carroll Shelf Award\u003cbr\u003e - Commonwealth Club of California: Literature Award\u003cbr\u003e - Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award\u003cbr\u003e - Woodward School Annual Book Award\u003cbr\u003e - Friends of the Library Award, University of California at Irvine\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0440416639\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780440416630\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Taylor, Theodore, N\/A, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Yearling Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Yearling Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (May 2002)","offer_id":45659968012485,"sku":"9780440416630","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780440416630.jpg?v=1768916376","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-cay","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}