Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the cay. The childrens cabinet and the childrens cabinet logo. When german uboats surround the island of curacao, his mother who is frightened wants to go back to the netherlands and take her son with her. Childrens articles open childrens articles close childrens articles. The cay renee armitage 5th the cay by theodore taylor. In texas wreckby of the regular book and contained grand jury. Theodore taylor wrote several awardwinning books, including the cay, which won the lewis carroll shelf award and was made into a movie. The cay theodore taylor random house childrens books. He began his writing career at the age of thirteen and continued on from therebooks, articles, scriptsoften several projects at once. The idea for the cay, his first novel for children, came when he was. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 156 pages and is available in paperback format.
Published to both wide acclaim and pointed criticism for its impact as a promoter of racial harmony, the cay received jane addams childrens book. How will phillips experiences on the cay and his relationship with timothy help him survive in life. There are few books that i agree are modern classics but this is definitely one. Pdf the cay book by theodore taylor free download 156. On the island timothy builds a hut and catches langosta lobster for the castaways to eat. Phillip enright is a young 11 year old boy living on a small island named curacao in the middle of a war with the germans. The cay is a tense and compulsive survival story by theodore taylor of a young. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
This breathtaking and moving story is one of the great classics of childrens literature. Funded by neh in support of the national digital newspaper project ndnp, neh award number. The book has been awarded with lewis carroll shelf award 1970, jane addams childrens book award 1970 and many others. For fans of hatchet and island of the blue dolphins comes theodore taylors classic bestseller and lewis carroll shelf award winner, the cay. In this novel there are many hidden messages one of which is that you dont live by sight. The cay is a book about a boy named phillip enright living in the time of a world war ii 1942. The idea for the cay, his first novel for children, came when he was researching an adult book about german submarine attacks in the second world war. A child study associations pick of childrens books of the year. It illustrates unconscious racial prejudice and the strength of friendship, love and sacrifice. The man, boy, and cat drift in the sea and finally happen upon a small cay island. Since the covid19 pandemic began, we have significantly increased our distribution of food to families, we have continued our nocost family counseling.
Timothy steers the raft to the island, even though phillip wants to stay at sea better chance of rescue, he thinks. This novel is an inspiring castaway like novel but with a racial twist. This breathtaking and moving story is one of the great classics of childrens. Theodore taylor pdf was born in 1921 in north carolina, usa. Its a childrens book, so it doesnt take long to read. The childrens cabinet nevada nonprofit organization. The cay was first published in 1969 and has won many literary awards. The main characters of this young adult, historical story are.