The Cay
Blinded and shipwrecked on a tropical island, Phillip overcomes his prejudices and comes to deeply respect the illiterate yet remarkable black sailor who rescues him, and learns to survive on his own despite his blindness. Reissue. AB.
Blinded and shipwrecked on a tropical island, Phillip overcomes his prejudices and comes to deeply respect the illiterate yet remarkable black sailor who rescues him, and learns to survive on his own despite his blindness. Reissue. AB.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780380010035 (0380010038)
Publish date: July 28th 1995
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Survival,
Read For School,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction
Series: The Cay (#1)
Original Review, 1981-02-15)I have some sympathy with some people in the sense that it is disappointing to re-read a cherished childhood book and have these once-unquestioned prejudices jump off the page. Quite disconcerting. However, when we were ourselves children, it was water off a duck's back. ...
My son read The Cay in bookclub and was adamant I had to read it - he finally downloaded the audiobook and insisted I couldn't read anything else until I listened to it. So, yes, there it appeals to a certain type of kid! It appeals to me as a teacher and reader in the same way that much historica...
Someone just reminded me of this book...I read it like ten times when I was a kid. Can't promise it's actually as good as I thought it was at the time, but man did I love it back then.
I'm fairly certain it was elementary school when I read this - can't remember anything about it though.
Gaaaah. Hated it. Had to read it for seventh grade english class. I couldn't stand the main character; he was such a brat. the end of the book was sooo predictable. the only good character was the cat. haha
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