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Description for The Cay
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curacao. War has always been a game to him and he's eager to witness it first hand - until the freighter he and his mother are travelling on to the USA is torpedoed. Philip wakes to find himself adrift on a small raft in the middle of the ocean with an old West Indian man. Together they become marooned on a tiny deserted island. This moving story tells of their struggle to survive and is also a fascinating study of the relationship between a young white American boy influenced ... Read more
Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curacao. War has always been a game to him and he's eager to witness it first hand - until the freighter he and his mother are travelling on to the USA is torpedoed. Philip wakes to find himself adrift on a small raft in the middle of the ocean with an old West Indian man. Together they become marooned on a tiny deserted island. This moving story tells of their struggle to survive and is also a fascinating study of the relationship between a young white American boy influenced ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Puffin
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140305951
SKU
KSS0005213
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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