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The Cay

The Cay( )
Author: Taylor, Theodore
Series title:Penguin Joint Venture Readers Ser.
ISBN:978-0-582-46472-8
Publication Date:Jan 2000
Publisher:Addison-Wesley Longman, Limited
Book Format:Paperback
Audio cassette
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Book Description:

Philip and Timothy were on a small Dutch ship in the Caribbean Sea during the Second World War. A German boat attacked and sank their boat and they escaped in a lifeboat. After floating in the sea for two or three days, during which time Philip goes blind, they arrive at the 'cay', an island, where they must wait for help ...

The Cay is a children's classic written by Theodore Taylor, an American who writes books for young people and also makes films.

Book Details
Detailed Subjects: Drama / American / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):19.8 x 20.6 x 1.5 cm
Book Weight:0.114 Kilograms
Author Biography
Taylor, Theodore (Author)
Author Theodore Taylor was born in Statesville, North Carolina on June 23, 1921. At the age of seventeen, he became a copyboy at the Washington, D. C. Daily News and was writing radio network sports for NBC in New York two years later. During World War II, he joined the merchant marines and earned a commission as an ensign in the U. S. Navy. He was recalled to active duty during the Korean War. In 1955, he became a press agent for Paramount Pictures and later became a story editor and an associate producer.

He has written over fifty fiction and non-fiction books for young adults and adults. He has received numerous awards for his works including the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for The Cay, the 1992 Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery for The Weirdo, and the 1996 Scott O'Dell Award for historical fiction for The Bomb. He died on October 26, 2006.

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