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The Cay
by Theodore Taylor
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140305955
- ISBN 13
- 9780140305951
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Penguin, Australia, 1980. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 105 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, Australia, 1980. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing and superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of covers have moderate edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned and lightly creased. Binder holds have been punched through edge of spine. and tiny hole rubbed into 1st end page.. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: 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 by his mother's prejudices, and a black man upon whom Philip's life depends. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; 1001 Children's Books You Must Read; ISBN: 0140305955. ISBN/EAN: 9780140305951. Inventory No: 20080157.. 9780140305951
Synopsis
Theodore Taylor wrote several award-winning books, including The Cay , which won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award and was made into a movie. He began his writing career at the age of thirteen and continued on from there—books, articles, scripts—often several projects at once. He passed away in 2006 surrounded by his family, his books, and years of wonderful memories.
Reviews
On Jan 5 2012, Gt989 said:
the cay is a very good book on a little boy and a man who gets stuck on this island together the little boy was rased to be racist and hes also blind and what this boy will find out to do is stick and respect this black man.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20080157
- Title
- The Cay
- Author
- Theodore Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0140305955
- ISBN 13
- 9780140305951
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Children & Young Adult; The Cay
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children & Young Adult; 1001 Children's Books You Must Read;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Manyhills Books
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Traralgon, Victoria
About Manyhills Books
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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