Timothy of the Cay

Several years ago, we read and I reviewed Theodore Taylor’s earlier novel, The Cay, set in 1942, in which a young white boy, eleven year old Phillip, and an old black man, seventyish Timothy, are stranded for three months on a small sandy cay in the Caribbean Sea following the torpedoing by a German......more

I choose the book "Timothy of the Cay" is because my friend recommended me to read it. Phillip Enright and his mother board the ship to S.S Hato to Virgina because his mom thinks it is unsafe to stay in Curacao. The ship gets torpedoed and Phillip gets blind and ends up staying with a black man nam......more

I was delighted to find this book at the D.I. It’s a prequel-sequel to The Cay, written 28 years after the original story. In alternating chapters, we read about Timothy’s adventures before the book starts, and Phillip’s adventures afterwards. We already know from The Cay that Phillip eventually reg......more

I did enjoy this book. Glad I read them both.......more

Timothy Of The Cay Chapters 1-16 Timothy is little, he finally got a job on a boat as the cleaner because the old one fell off a ladder. Timothy buys new shoes and races down to the dock with Tante Hannah but the ship is gone! A white boy had taken his job and the ship had left earlier than Timothy w......more