Timothy of the Cay

by Theodore Taylor

Paperback, 1994

Status

Check shelf

Call number

SC Ta

Publication

Avon Books (1994), Edition: Reprint, 160 pages

Description

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.

Local notes

0000-7307

User reviews

LibraryThing member cemccamy
This is Theodore Taylor's sequal to The Cay. It is a prequal, and flashes back to events before those in The Cay and foward to Phillip's life after he is rescued. This is a great book for upper elementary grades.
LibraryThing member avhacker
this book is not as good as the cay but if you loved thae cay than you should read this
LibraryThing member srssrs
Taylor's sequel to The Cay was written over 20 years after the first book. The second book, can be described as a pre-quel. It highlights characters before The Cay and then flashes forward to Phillip's life after being rescued from the cay. The chapters flip-flop altering between story lines. I
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found myself reading alternate chapters and then going back and reading the other story separately. I'm not sure what this book was trying to solve, and it just doesn't measure up to the original, The Cay.
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LibraryThing member 2wonderY
More excellent than I had anticipated. Recommended
LibraryThing member engpunk77
After reading this, one can understand Timothy's motivations for putting up with Philip the way he did in The Cay. This prequel/sequel gives you a new perspective on his death on that island in The Cay. I now see it as a sweet ending to Timothy's life, that he can look back at his mistakes and know
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that he's made amends. Being stranded together on that cay actually had been the most important thing that had ever happened to both of them! I enjoyed seeing a mature, likable Phillip!
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LibraryThing member RobertaLea
Just as well-written as the first book. However, this is the first time I've read this one. This is a different concept. In Timothy's story we learn about his life before "the Cay" and with Phillip's story, we learn about his life after his rescue from "the Cay."

Awards

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 1996)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 4-8 — 1995)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Teen — 1997)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1994)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

160 p.; 4 inches

ISBN

0380721198 / 9780380721191
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