{"product_id":"the-cay-9780385079068b","title":"The Cay","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFor fans of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHatchet\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eIsland of the Blue Dolphins\u003c\/span\u003e comes Theodore Taylor’s classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Cay\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e   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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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.”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\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.”—\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A taut tightly compressed story of endurance and revelation…At once barbed and tender, tense and fragile—as Timothy would say, ‘outrageous good.’”—\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Delacorte Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819800891472,"sku":"9780385079068B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780385079068-l.jpg?v=1785877424","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-cay-9780385079068b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}