{"product_id":"the-cay","title":"The Cay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eHatchet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIsland of the Blue Dolphins\u003c\/i\u003e comes Theodore Taylor's classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner, \u003ci\u003eThe Cay\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhillip 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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillip's head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBook Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A taut tightly compressed story of endurance and revelation...At once barbed and tender, tense and fragile--as Timothy would say, 'outrageous good.'\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* \"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.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eStarred\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Starkly dramatic, believable and compelling.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A tense and moving experience in reading.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Eloquently underscores the intrinsic brotherhood of man.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is one of the best survival stories since \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- A \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- A \u003ci\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/i\u003e Honor Book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- An American Library Association Notable Book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- A \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Children's Book to Remember\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- A Child Study Association's Pick of Children's Books of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Jane Addams Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Lewis Carroll Shelf Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Commonwealth Club of California: Literature Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Woodward School Annual Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Friends of the Library Award, University of California at Irvine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theodore Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46045385949253,"sku":"BS-LIB-416630","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2482\/2494\/files\/9780440416630-HD.jpg?v=1792287991","url":"https:\/\/libros787.com\/en\/products\/the-cay","provider":"Libros787.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}