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Overview

Shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island, Philip must overcome his prejudice towards Timothy, the old black sailor who becomes the key to his survival.

"This is one of the best survival stories since Robinson Crusoe."—The Washington Star.

An ALA Notable Children's Book, Jane Addams Children's Book Award, Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, Commonwealth Club of California: Literature Award, Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award, A Child Study Children's Book Committee: Children's Book of the Year.

When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.

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A totally absorbing story...starkly dramamtic, believable and compelling.
Children's Literature
Taylor's first novel for young readers, The Cay, is the story of a boy's life-threatening adventure at sea in 1942 after his freighter, the Hato, is torpedoed by a German submarine. In his quest for survival, the boy must overcome his racial and cultural prejudices, as well as a serious physical disability in this Robinson Crusoe setting. More than twenty years passed before Taylor produced the prequel-sequel, Timothy of the Cay. The two stories make for compelling reading, and the events, characters and setting are still very much of relevance today. After reading the first, the second expands on the adventure. There is also a study guide for teachers and homeschoolers and a workbook edition. 1987 (orig.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780440416630
  • Publisher: Random House Children's Books
  • Publication date: 5/28/2002
  • Pages: 144
  • Sales rank: 49,206
  • Age range: 9 - 12 Years
  • Lexile: 0860L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 6.29 (w) x 7.73 (h) x 0.38 (d)

Meet the Author

\Theodore Taylor has written several award-winning books. The Cay won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award and was also made into a movie.

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Chapter One

Like silent hungry sharks that swim in the darkness of the sea, the German submarines arrived in the middle of the night.

I was asleep on the second floor of our narrow, gabled green house in Willemstad, on the island of Curacao, the largest of the Dutch islands just off the coast of Venezuela. I remember that on that moonless night in February 1942, they attacked the big Lago oil refinery on Aruba, the sister island west of us. Then they blew up six of our small lake tankers, the tubby ones that still bring crude oil from Lake Maracaibo to the refinery, Curacaosche Petroleum Maatschappij, to be made into gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil. One German sub was even sighted off Willemstad at dawn.

So when I woke up there was much excitement in the city, which looks like a part of old Holland, except that all the houses are painted in soft colors, pinks and greens and blues, and there are no dikes.

It was very hard to finish my breakfast because I wanted to go to Punda, the business district, the oldest part of town, and then to Fort Amsterdam where I could look out to sea. If there was an enemy U-boat out there, I' -wanted to see it and join the people in shaking a fist at it.

I was not frightened, just terribly excited. War was something I'd heard a lot about, but bad never seen. The whole world was at war, and now it had come to us in the warm, blue Caribbean.

The first thing that my mother said was, "Phillip, the enemy has finally attacked the island, and there will be no school today. But you must stay near home. Do you understand?"

I nodded, but I couldn't imagine that a shell from an enemy submarine would pickme out from all the buildings, or bit me if I was standing on the famous pontoon bridge or among the ships way back in the Schottegat or along St. Anna Bay.

So later in the morning, when she was busy making sure that all our blackout curtains were in place, and filling extra pots with fresh water, and checking our food supply, I stole away down to the old fort with Henrik van Boven, my Dutch friend who was also eleven.

I had played there many times with Henrik and other boys when we were a few years younger, imagining we were defending Willemstad against pirates or even the British. They once stormed the island, I knew, long ago. Or sometimes we'd pretend we were the Dutch going out on raids against Spanish galleons. That had happened too. It was all so real that sometimes we could see the tall masted ships coming over thehorizon.

Of course, they were only the tattered-sailed native schooners from Venezuela, Aruba, or Bonaire coming in with bananas, oranges, papayas, melons, and vegetables. But to us, they were always pirates, and we'd shout to the noisy black men aboard them. They'd laugh back and go, "Pow, pow, pow!"

The fort looks as though it came out of a storybook, with gun ports along the high wall that faces the sea. For years, it guarded Willemstad. But this one morning, it did not look like a storybook fort at all. There were real soldiers with rifles and we saw machine guns. Men with binoculars bad them trained toward the whitecaps, and everyone was tense. They chased us away, telling us to go home.

Instead, we went down to the Koningin Emma Brug, the famous Queen Emma pontoon bridge, which spans the channel that leads to the huge harbor, the Schottegat. The bridge is built on floats so that it can swing open as ships pass in or out, and it connects Punda, with Otrabanda, which mean's "other side,," the other part of the city.

The view from there wasn't as good as from the fort, but curious people were there, too, just looking. Strangely, no ships were moving in the channel. The veerboots, the ferry boats that shuttled cars and people back and forth when the bridge was swung open, were tied up and empty. Even the native schooners were quiet against the, docks inside the channel. And the black men were not laughing and shouting the -way they usually did.

Henrik said, "My father told me there is nothing left of Aruba. They hit Sint Nicolaas, you know."

"Every lake tanker was sunk," I said.

I didn't know if that were true or not, but Henrik had an irritating way of sounding official since his father was connected with the government.

His face was round and he was chubby. His hair was straw-colored and his cheeks were always red. Henrik was very serious about everything he said or did. He looked toward Fort Amsterdam.

He said, "I bet they put big guns up there now."

That was a safe bet.

And I said, "It won't be long until the Navy is here."'

Henrik looked at me. "Our Navy?" He meant the Netherlands Navy.

"No," I said. "Ours." Meaning the American Navy, of course. His little Navy was scattered all over after the Germans took Holland.

Henrik said quietly, "Our Navy will come too," and I didn't want to argue with him. Everyone felt bad that Holland had been conquered by the Nazis.

Then an army officer climbed out of a truck and told us all to leave the Queen Emma bridge. He was very stem. He growled, "Don't you know they could shoot a torpedo up here and kill you all?"

I looked out toward the sea again. It was blue and peaceful, and a good breeze churned it up, making lines of whitecaps. White clouds drifted slowly over it. But I couldn't see the usual parade of ships coming toward the harbor; the stubby ones or the massive ones with flags of many nations that steamed slowly up the bay to the Schottegat to load gas and oil.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 27, 2009

    The Cay Is A Great Book

    My opinion of this book is that I liked it. The Cay is a very good book for young readers. This book has a lot of detail about what goes on in the story.

    The Cay is a great book for readers to read. It's about this boy named Phillip. He lived with his mom and dad. There was this war that was going on and these Germans invading his town. Phillips dad makes him and his mother get on this ship to the United States to be safe from the war. But they get part way over to the United States and their ship gets hit by a torpedo from a German submarine. When the boat wrecks Phillip gets knocked out when the torpedo hits the ship. When Phillip regains his consciousness he wakes up in the middle of the sea with this African American in this small raft. His mom never liked though kind of people because they were always different then white people. She said the lived different and talked different than everyone else so she always told Phillip not to talk to them or to have a friend like them kind of people. But Phillip is alone with this African American. They finally arrive at this island by them self. When Phillip tries to see he can't. When the torpedo hit the ship when Phillip fell is got blinded by something. So the only guy Phillip has to rely on is the African American. So will Phillip overcome his racist mind to survive this trip? You will have to read the book to find out what the outcome is.

    6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 13, 2008

    Weird

    This was a really weird book. I mean CREEPY!! My teacher made me read this. It was scary and hurtful and sad. Disappointing................

    6 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 1, 2011

    AWSOMMMMMME!!!!

    I cant believe Timothy died!But the thing is I think that part gave the book more interesting detile.That part is what kept me going!

    4 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 26, 2011

    Gr8 book

    This book is gr8 my science teacherbis reading it to the class but i am reading it on my nook too

    4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 26, 2011

    Excellent book

    I read this book for the first time when I was in 8th grade and loved it. Now, over 13 years later, I still thoroughly enjoy the book. It is an easy read, but has a powerful story and is written well. A definite must-read!

    4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 17, 2011

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    Very nice

    I had to read this book for school a few years ago, but I recently read it again. I still think it's a great and very compelling read. You actually get absorbed into the book and start to like the characters. It's a good book for all ages.

    4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted June 1, 2009

    the cay

    the book was basically about a boy who was living in the time of the war and has to move because its getting to dangerous where hee is living. when he gets on the boat with his mom, a torpedo hits it and the ship sinks.the boy who is named philipe gets seperated from his mom and ends up on a raft and gets stuck on an island. read the rest to find out what happends.
    i liked how the book was exciting and adventurous. alot of people write about being stranded on an island but i liked this one the most. i would recomend it to people who like adventure and entertaining books

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 11, 2008

    This Is A Good Book

    The Cay by Theodore Taylor takes place in Williamsted. When Phillip and his mom left Williamsted their ship got torpedoed and the boat sank. Phillip got rescued by an old black man. I liked this book because it shows ways to help people survive in the wild if there is nobody around. While on the water searching for an island Phillip went blind. Phillip is a young white boy. When they found an island Timothy built a fort. Timothy tried to do his best keeping Phillip in good condition but had to be careful with their supplies. At the end of the book I really liked how Timothy knew he was going to pass away so he set some stuff up on the island so Phillip could survive on his own because I think that Phillip is a little young to survive on his own and plus he is blind. I think that Phillip would¿ve not survived if it wouldn¿t have been for Timothy. Timothy also reminds me of myself in some ways because he is an outdoors person just like me. The part of the book I didn¿t like was that as soon as Timothy passed away the ship found Phillip, how come they didn¿t come before Timothy died. This was a good book. I liked a lot of stuff and I disliked a lot of stuff. I would recommend this book to anybody who enjoys the outdoors.

    3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 14, 2007

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    The main characters in the story are Phillip and Timothy. Phillip is a boy who moved to Curacao from Virginia because of his dad¿s job. He always had a bad stereotype towards black people because that was how his parents raised him. Phillip was also blinded when he hit his head. Timothy, the other main character, is a big, strong, black man. He was old but he was in great shape. He grew up without ever going to school and he never knew his parents. The summary of the story is when the Germans attacked the island of Curacao, Phillip and his mother took a boat to escape the island. Then their boat was attacked, leaving Phillip and Timothy to escape on a lifeboat. Then their boat landed on a deserted cay and they try to make their survival. The setting of the story took place during the time of World War II. It took place on the island of Curacao and also on a deserted cay in the Caribbean. There are two themes for The Cay. One is racism because the author¿s main purpose was to teach people not to be racist. The other theme for The Cay is survival because the story is about two people and their survival on a deserted cay. Yes, I did like the book. I liked it because it had a good message in it that people shouldn't be racist. It also had a lot of action that kept me out of my seat. I hope you will read this book too.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 9, 2011

    Read this book

    This is the best book ever. You can really feel the hardship they went through.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 23, 2012

    I really...

    Liked it but it sucks that Timothy dies

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 11, 2012

    The Cay by: Theodore Taylor

    This is a great book! It may look uninteresting by the cover but it is very good!!! I am getting ready to read it my fourth time!!!

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 23, 2011

    Ashlyn's thoughts of "The Cay"

    Phillip, an 11 year old boy, and his mother and father are in Curacao for his dad's job. His parents decide that it is too dangerous for him to be there so the mother and son head back to their home town Norfolk, Virginia but on the way something tragic separates the son and mother.
    It started off with a boy and his family at Curacao. The mother and father thought what was going on was dangerous for Phillip to be around and the mother wanted to be home. So they took a ship back to his hometown. On their way back something tragic happened, and Phillip woke up on a raft with a black scary old man that wasn't his mother. While they were on the raft floating they came upon a Cay and were stranded there and had to make ways to survive. Phillip got blinded and the big black scary man Timothy passed away. Will Phillip ever be rescued? This book was a little bit confusing and hard to understand at times because of the way Timothy talked. I gave it three stars because I didn't really understand it but maybe if I did I would like it more. If you want to find out if the boy makes it and if he does how, then you need to read this book.

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  • Posted November 21, 2009

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    Good story of survival

    This book takes place between world war II. It is about a boy who lives on an island and trys to leave the island with his mother but the ship gets struck by a submarine and he ends up on a raft with a black man (this story has some to do with racism). They then find a stranded cay (an island built up of sand and coral) and go through many challenges. Overall, it's a great story. Read it if you have some time. I recommend this book for ages 10-14.

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  • Posted November 20, 2009

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    Pretty good.

    This book was pretty good. Theres alot of emotion and feelings. When Timothy gets on the cay, its the most exciting part. From exploring to going blind, this book is ful lof thrills.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 10, 2008

    The Cay is a very good book

    This story was written by Theodore Taylor. In this story the author is saying that the color of skin doesn¿t matter in people. The main character, Philip, had to learn how to trust Timothy, a black man, if he wanted to survive and he grew up where black people aren¿t treated as good as white people.
    This story explains how a blind boy survives on a deserted island with a black man named Timothy. Timothy helps Philip learn to survive by building things to help him get food and get around the island. Timothy soon dies from extreme exhaustion when a massive hurricane hits. Philip now has to try and get around the island by memory and touch since all of the things Timothy built are destroyed.NOw he has to ry to get off of the island by himself.
    Philip reminds me of one of the kids who has lost their parents and has had to grow up by themselves. Even though he did not lose his parents he still had to learn how to live by himself.
    If you enjoy stories with real life events and action then you would like this story. This story starts out very slow and hard to follow because there is not much happening. If you don¿t like stories that are slow then you will not like the beginning of this, but you have to get through a couple chapters before it starts to get interesting. When you do get to those parts then you won¿t ever want to put the book down. There is so much happening and it is all one right after another you just want to keep reading. I would recommend this book to all of my friends. I enjoyed this book a lot.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 20, 2008

    Awsome

    I had to read this book for English. I thought it was Amazing! You must Read It!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 18, 2007

    The Cay

    The Cay is a story about a young boy¿s exhilarating adventure after his ship leaving Curacao heading to the United States is torpedoed by a German submarine. Phillip is separated from his mother and is put on to a raft with an old black man, named Timothy, which lands on a tiny cay in the Caribbean. Phillip loses his vision and it is then that he really sees Timothy for who he is. However the ending is very disappointing with the lack of explaination and details

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 11, 2007

    The Cay

    The Cay is a story about a young boy¿s exhilarating adventure after his ship leaving Curacao heading to the United States is torpedoed by a German submarine. Phillip is separated from his mother and is put on to a raft with an old black man, named Timothy, which lands on a tiny cay in the Caribbean. Phillip loses his vision and it is then that he really sees Timothy for who he is. However the ending is very disappointing with the lack of explaination and details.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 25, 2006

    very very very boring

    I had to read this book in the sixth grade, and I despised it. Hopefully, I will never have to read something this bad ever again. All it was about was a spoiled little boy surviving with a black man on a cuddy little cay. The ending was something they could have done earlier in the book but they didn't. How boring.

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