The cay /

Taylor, Theodore, 1921-2006.

The cay / Theodore Taylor. - [New York, N.Y.] : Laurel-Leaf Books, 2003, c1969. - 137 p. ; 18 cm.

When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.

RL: 5.2.

044022912X


Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices--Juvenile fiction.

PZ7.T2186 / Cay 2003