Timothy of the Cay

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In the novel The Cay, a young white boy and an old black man are stranded on a small sandy cay in the Caribbean Sea following a shipwreck. Eleven-year-old Phillip was blinded by flying debris when a torpedo struck the SS Hato, and old Timothy has taught?him how to survive. This prequel-sequel tells the rest of their?tale in alternating chapters--the compelling story of two very different people who share the courage and tenacity to?turn their dreams?into reality.