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I give this book a four star because it shows how to live with the resources around you. It talks about the struggle between two different characters. They have to rely on each other to survive. Phillip becomes blind, and Timothy has make sure he is ok. Timothy gets malaria and runs around screaming, and Phillip has to help him while helping himself.
The Cay
By Theodore Taylor
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 4 - 8 | V | 5.3 | 26145 |
For fans of Hatchet and Island of the Blue Dolphins comes Theodore Taylor’s classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner, The Cay.
Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. 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.
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.”
But by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillip’s head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy.
“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.”—New York Times Book Review
“A taut tightly compressed story of endurance and revelation…At once barbed and tender, tense and fragile—as Timothy would say, ‘outrageous good.’”— Kirkus Reviews
* “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.”—School Library Journal, Starred
“Starkly dramatic, believable and compelling.”— Saturday Review
“A tense and moving experience in reading.”— Publishers Weekly
“Eloquently underscores the intrinsic brotherhood of man.”— Booklist
"This is one of the best survival stories since Robinson Crusoe."— The Washington Star
· A New York Times Best Book of the Year
· A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
· A Horn Book Honor Book
· An American Library Association Notable Book
· A Publishers Weekly Children’s Book to Remember
· A Child Study Association’s Pick of Children’s Books of the Year
· Jane Addams Book Award
· Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
· Commonwealth Club of California: Literature Award
· Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award
· Woodward School Annual Book Award
· Friends of the Library Award, University of California at Irvine
Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. 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.
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.”
But by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillip’s head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy.
“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.”—New York Times Book Review
“A taut tightly compressed story of endurance and revelation…At once barbed and tender, tense and fragile—as Timothy would say, ‘outrageous good.’”— Kirkus Reviews
* “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.”—School Library Journal, Starred
“Starkly dramatic, believable and compelling.”— Saturday Review
“A tense and moving experience in reading.”— Publishers Weekly
“Eloquently underscores the intrinsic brotherhood of man.”— Booklist
"This is one of the best survival stories since Robinson Crusoe."— The Washington Star
· A New York Times Best Book of the Year
· A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
· A Horn Book Honor Book
· An American Library Association Notable Book
· A Publishers Weekly Children’s Book to Remember
· A Child Study Association’s Pick of Children’s Books of the Year
· Jane Addams Book Award
· Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
· Commonwealth Club of California: Literature Award
· Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award
· Woodward School Annual Book Award
· Friends of the Library Award, University of California at Irvine
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9780385079068
ISBN-10: 0385079060
Published on 12/17/1987
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
Book Reviews (68)
I gave this book a 3 star rating ,because it was very hard to understand. The words were difficult to pronounce, because they were not spelled correctly. I like this book, because it very good information, if you are ever in a situation like Phillip I would recommend this book for you, if i was blind stuck on a island with nobody i would be scared if nobody was there with me. That is some information about the book The Cay, that is why you should read it.
This was an sad yet interesting book. It gave a great message that under different colored skin, we are all the same. At some parts, I almost cried and at other parts, and was very happy. I don't want to give away to much, but here's a little summary. A white boy named Philip gets stranded on an island with a black man named Timothy. Philip has learned to stay away from black people, but Timothy is quite different. They go through extraordinary things together and grow fond of each other. I would recommend this book to 4-6 graders and to people who like adventure and historical fiction. I personally loved this book.
I can connect The Cay to other books I have read because it is placed in the time of world war 2. It reels you in rapidly and has you attached . It has an amazing base and you get interested the more you read.
I think it was an ok book it got boring at times and sometimes I would get confused. It is a very touching story though and can teach life lessons. It has a good lesson in the book to.
I really like this book because it is a very loving and sad story.It is about a boy named Phillip and he is one a boat with is mother.The boat gets bombed and Phillip gets separated from his mother and is on a raft with a black man named, Timothy.If you want to know what happens to Phillip and Timothy you should read the book.I think that some people can connect to this book but I personally didn't connect to this book.I still think you should read this book.
I gave it a 4 star book because some things weren't that interesting. But when they got on the cay it was getting to be a better book because they talked about what they did each day.The day that Phillip got blind it was pretty sad, he got through that and it would probably be really hard walking on the cay blind. Even when Timothy died it would probably be even harder than just being blind because you can't see and you in the middle of no where on a little tiny cay.I connected too the book by when Phillip was on the cay and felt lonely because Timothy die, I feel lonely when I'm home alone because there is no one with me.
I liked this book because it was interesting and suspenseful. At sometimes it was that interesting but overall it was good. Phillip is stranded on a Cay blind with a man named Timothy and huge storm comes a that's where the main climax happens.
I really liked this book because it was interesting and it had some suspenseful moments. It sometimes got boring at times but overall it was really good. I don't really relate I have never read a book like this.
I rate this book a 5 star because it is a great book that can make you happy and sad at times. It also is a great historical fiction book if you are writing a report I would recommend this book. I make only 1 connection and that was the start of the book. Phillip ,one of the main characters, he didn't like the plan that his parents made. Sometimes when my parents plan to go somewhere I try to tell them that I don't want to but they force me to go. A summary basically would be where Phillip lives was not safe and his parents wanted him to be safe. His parents decided that Phillip and his mom to go to Norfolk. They go on a ship and they get torpedoed, Phillip got knocked out and woke up to be on a raft with Timothy. They survived 4 days on the on the raft and while they were on the raft Phillip became blind. Timothy found a cay which they survived on for a while. A hurricane hit them and Timothy died which made Phillip alone. Phillip survived some how and somebody found him on the cay. They sent him back to his home and everything was back to normal.