{"product_id":"the-cay-9780440229124","title":"The Cay","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eHatchet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIsland of the Blue Dolphins\u003c\/i\u003e comes Theodore Taylor's classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner, \u003ci\u003eThe Cay\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Cura ao. War has always been a game to him, and he's eager to glimpse it firsthand-until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed.\u003cbr\u003e When Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in the middle of the sea. Besides Stew Cat, his only companion is an old West Indian, Timothy. Phillip remembers his mother's warning about black people: \"They are different, and they live differently.\"\u003cbr\u003e But by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillip's head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mr. Taylor has provided an exciting story...The idea that all humanity would benefit from this special form of color blindness permeates the whole book...The result is a story with a high ethical purpose but no sermon.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBook Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A taut tightly compressed story of endurance and revelation...At once barbed and tender, tense and fragile--as Timothy would say, 'outrageous good.'\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * \"Fully realized setting...artful, unobtrusive use of dialect...the representation of a hauntingly deep love, the poignancy of which is rarely achieved in children's literature.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eStarred\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Starkly dramatic, believable and compelling.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A tense and moving experience in reading.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Eloquently underscores the intrinsic brotherhood of man.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is one of the best survival stories since \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e - A \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e - A \u003ci\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/i\u003e Honor Book\u003cbr\u003e - An American Library Association Notable Book\u003cbr\u003e - A \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Children's Book to Remember\u003cbr\u003e - A Child Study Association's Pick of Children's Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e - Jane Addams Book Award\u003cbr\u003e - Lewis Carroll Shelf Award\u003cbr\u003e - Commonwealth Club of California: Literature Award\u003cbr\u003e - Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award\u003cbr\u003e - Woodward School Annual Book Award\u003cbr\u003e - Friends of the Library Award, University of California at Irvine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurel Leaf Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780440229124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.70h x 4.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e108 \/ Cay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 4\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theodore Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637225713820,"sku":"9780440229124","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5c10006d-6174-4587-9462-be9a61804a3b.jpg?v=1603844250","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-cay-9780440229124","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}