Report: The Cay

     I currently finished a book called "The Cay", by Theodore Taylor.

     This book's main character is a boy named Phillip. Phillip is excited when Germans invade the island of Curacao. War has always been a game to him, and he is really eager to glimpse it first, until the ship he and his mother's traveling on to the U.S. gets torpedoed. When Phillip becomes consious, he's head is in extreme pain, and is on a small raft with the ship's chef's cat, Stew Cat, and an old West Indian Man, whose name is Timothy. After long weeks, they finally reach a cay (a small island), and then find themselves in the middle of Devil's Mouth. When he was young, his mother always told him that black people "live differently", and have "twisted minds". But when Phillip's headache makes him blind and he has to rely on Timothy to do everything for him, he started having second thoughts about what his mom said. This book is a story of Timothy's, Stew Cat's, and Phillip's struggle to survive, and of Phillip's efforts to adjust his blindness and to understand how caring his black companion is.

     I recommend this book to kids of all ages, and hope everyone learns a lesson from this book. I really liked this book because it really shows what courage and caring is.I also think that the author placed events where they were supposed to be, and he also forshadowed what was going to happen next really well. I rate this book is 8/10 stars and hope that everyone enjoys this book! This is my report on "The Cay".