The cay
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Youth level.
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old Negro are stranded on a small desert island in the Caribbean where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
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The Cay submitted by SBNB on July 28, 2012, 7:11pm This was one of the few books that I could read over and over again as a child. It's a great story or friendship and survival with a memorable ending. I definitely recommend it.
PUBLISHED
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday [1969]
Year Published: 1969
Description: 137 p. 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0385079060 :
044022912X
SUBJECTS
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Fiction.