- Blind, Blacks, Survival, Shipwrecks
Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man Timothy, twelve-year-old white Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation. Alternate chapters follow the life of Timothy from his days as a young cabin boy.
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- Author
- Taylor, Theodore, Theodore Taylor
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 153
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing, HarperTrophy, Avon Books
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780547545820
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“AUGUST 1942-The navy's Caribbean command re a priority dispatch from the USS Sedgewick: RESCUED 12-YEAR-OLD BOY PHILLIP ENRIGHT AND HIS CAT FROM UNCHARTED CAY X SURVIVORS OF SS HATO TORPEDOED APRIL THIS YEAR X BOY AND CAT SEEM TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION X PROCEEDING CRISTOBAL X”
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