The Cay, 9780141354941
Paperback
Prejudice adrift: Survival blooms in a boy and man’s island bond.

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  • Paperback

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    21 October 2014

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Summary

Marooned: A Tale of Survival and Friendship

A tense and compulsive survival story of a young boy and an old man adrift on the ocean, then marooned on a tiny, deserted island. It is also a fascinating study of the relationship between Phillip, white, American, and influenced by his mother’s prejudices, and the black man upon whom Phillip’s life depends.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141354941
ISBN-10:0141354941
Series:A Puffin Book
Author:Theodore Taylor, Kenny McKendry
Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint:Puffin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:21 October 2014
Weight:131g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 12mm
About The Author

Theodore Taylor

Theodore Taylor was born in 1921 in North Carolina, USA. The idea for THE CAY, his first novel for children, came when he was researching an adult book about German submarine attacks in the Second World War. THE CAY was first published in 1969 and has won many literary awards. Theodore Taylor died in 2006.

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