{"product_id":"0440416639-the_cay","title":"The Cay","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in the middle of the sea. Besides Stew Cat, his only companion is an old West Indian, Timothy. Phillip remembers his mother’s warning about black people: “They are different, and they live differently.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillip’s head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eWhen the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReference\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eEnglish as a Second Language\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Yearling","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":45262765916350,"sku":"0440416639-4","price":12.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81sAywrAFOL_25060269-35fc-4858-9b85-da1b0b89ed77.jpg?v=1754102559","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0440416639-the_cay","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}