- Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Friendship, Prejudices
When 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.
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Earnest, classical in form, intimate and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Taylor, Theodore
- First published
- 1969
- Pages
- 144
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Avon Books, Cornerstone Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780380010035
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