The Cay

Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaao. War has always been a game to him, and hes eager to glimpse it firsthanduntil 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 mothers warning about black people: They are different, and they live differently.But by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillips head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy.From the Trade Paperback edition.