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- By Theodore Taylor
- Realistic fiction
- 144 pages
- Ages 10 and up
- Spent four years on the banned book list for being racist, once beyond the beginning, readers learn as others have through an absorbing, dramatic story of friendship
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The Cay
Best of the Best
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World War II encroaches the Dutch Island of Curacao forcing Phillip Enright’s family decides to board a ship and move the family back to the safety of their roots in Virginia. The decision to board the ship brought heartache, survival, and a lesson in prejudice. Ten year-old Phillip is blinded as a result of the torpedo blast to their ship and ends up stranded on a raft in the Atlantic with Timothy, an elderly black West Indian deckhand, and a cat. Raised by his parents with a strong negative stereotype of blacks, Phillip learns to overcome his prejudice and “sees” for the first time in his life, as he has to rely on Timothy for survival.
A deep friendship develops between the unlikely pair as Phillip realizes that Timothy “felt neither white nor black.” Taylor’s compelling story shows how suspicion can turn to trust and how innocence leads to wisdom. “The Cay” is a survival story and adventure novel, but more importantly, a believable tale of overcoming racism and unjust social conditions. Readers won’t forget the bond, the friendship, and the lesson learned, thanks to a tragedy.
Check out the audio version with perfect dialect by actor Michael Boatman, Doubleday 1987.
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