Title: The Cay and related readings
Description: When the freighter on which they were 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.
Subjects: History and criticism, Survival, Juvenile fiction, Friendship, Prejudices, Blacks, Shipwrecks, Cay (Taylor, Theodore)
People: Theodore Taylor (1921-2006)