[.ca] The Cay (ISBN 1400099064)

From Amazon.com:
This award-winning novel remains a powerful classic of prejudice, love, and survival. In 1942, 11-year-old Phillip Enright lives with his parents on the Dutch island of Curaçao, but when the war moves too close for comfort, his mother decides to travel with him back to the safety of Virginia. When their boat is torpedoed, however, Phillip is blinded and finds himself adrift on a life raft with an old black man and a cat. They eventually land on a deserted island. Phillip is suspicious of "the large Negro," but soon grows to trust--and ultimately love--the patient and generous Timothy. Dedicated to "Dr. King's Dream," The Cay has a clear message that friendship is colorblind; it is also a terrific adventure story of a young, newly blinded man learning to survive on an uninhabited island. (Ages 12 and older) --Richard Farr

briliant!!!!!!!!:
this story is about a boy around 12 years old who lives with his mom in a foreign country were there is a war going on. Now the mom wants out of it so she and her son go on a trip two the U.S on a boat. But what they dont no is there about to go on an adventure there regret. While there on this ship they get torpedoed down by a war sumarine were only the boy and a black man survive. Now they have to work together to live on this strange island in the middle of nowhere. But at firsty they dont get along with eachother but there friendship grows stronger and stronger as time goes on but they are going threw some tuff times with food and water and then something really bad happends to the blind man and the boy is out of ideas. And now times get harder as he trys to care for him and his friend then the unexpected happens and everything gets really bad. What will he do? Find out by reading the book. This story is a real adventure to read and is a great suspense novel. I recomend this book 2 ages 13 and up. The Cay is also an exiting book filled with lots of ideas and a great kid book to read.It also shows how very different people can get so close to eachother in such a different way.

The Cay:
The Cay, by Theodore Taylor, is a really good book. It is about a boy named Phillip who has to survive on a small island with an old man named Timothy. Will they survive or will a strong hurricane harm them. You will find out in The Cay. Anyone who enjoyed Hatchet will like this book. It is eventful and beautifully written.

The Cay:
"The Cay" Book Review In the book The Cay, by Theodore Taylor that we read in our literature circle groups is a very thrilling book. This book is about a boy that his boat gets hit by a torpedo and sinks. Phillip the main character and his mom run off to different lifeboats and get separated. While he is on the lifeboat he wakes up to find himself with a black man. Later, the next day he becomes blind. The next day they get to the island and life just starts to begin there. I liked The Cay because of the adventure that it displays in the text. One part of the book that displays the adventure is when they first come to the island. Phillip is also a young boy and he does not know the outside world of Curacoo. This makes it an adventure because he does not know were he is going. And Curacoo is a very small island in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. I also liked this book because of its language. The book used different language used by Timothy. Timothy is the person that Phillip saw on the boat and spends his rest of his life with. Instead of using regular words like how we speak English. Timothy puts a little of a twist on his words. Those are some of the reasons why I liked The Cay.

The Cay Review:
This is the BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!!! When people ask the usual question of "what is your all time favorite book", I don't reply with a Hemmingway or a "best seller"...I always say THE CAY. Please read this book, you will not be let down. The memories of this story will stay with you forever!

Review of The Cay:
My Literature circle group read a book called The Cay. I thought that The Cay was a pretty good book but not the best. It was a very detailed book with fascinating descriptions and scenes. It starts out in a town called Curacoo during WWII. A boy named Phillip and his mom leave to escape the bombings and try to go Florida. On the way the boat is torpedoed and Phillip and Timothy (a black man that works on the boat) are stranded on a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean. Many bad things happen on the boat, one thing that goes wrong is that Phillip goes blind. When they finally make it to land they have no clue where they are. Stranded on the island with few supplies Timothy teaches Phillip how to survive. The only problem is that Phillip has been taught racist things about black people and Timothy is a black man. Phillip must learn to trust Timothy and let him teach him how to survive on the island and make his way around the island. Phillip must make his way around the island and find a way to make black smoke to signal a plane. Phillip is eventually saved where he is brought back to Curacoo and gains his eyesight again. I feel that these events made the book very exciting and fun to read. I would defiantly recommend this to others because I enjoyed it and I want to see if the sequel Timothy of the Cay is just as good.