![]() ![]() It is still early in 1942, barely two months after the United States was pulled into the already-ongoing European conflict when Japanese planes launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. As the two learn to survive together on the island, Phillip sets his racism aside, and a friendship between the two of them blossoms. The novel commences with the arrival of German submarines off the coast of Venezuela. But Timothy is wise in the ways of survival-and a little superstitious-and helpfully teaches Phillip survival techniques. ![]() He’s white, and prejudiced against the older man on account of his race. Life for the pair is complicated by Phillip’s racism. They live there for two months, collecting rain water and fishing along a coral reef, or cay. They eventually come upon an island in Devil’s Mouth, where they build themselves a hut, and keep track of the days by putting pebbles in a can. While they are adrift, Phillip is blinded by the sun bouncing off the water. As a result, Phillip is stranded in the sea with an old black man named Timothy and a cat named Stew Cat (which Timothy at one point thinks might be an evil spirit). ![]() As a result of the German invasion of their home island of Curacao, Phillip Enright, the 11-year-old. ![]() During the trip, the ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat. The Cay is a childrens historical fiction novel set in the Caribbean Sea during World War II. Hato bound for Virginia, because she feels the Caribbean island is no longer safe. World War Two breaks out, and eleven-year-old Phillip and his mother leave their home in Curaçao aboard the S. ![]()
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