The Cay
by Theodore Taylor
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- Island of the Blue Dolphins
Lonely island? Check. Survival skills of the finest? Check. Yearning for missing family? Check. Island of the Blue Dolphins is another man against nature tale with a small cast of characters, except that Karana's main objective is getting along with the island and animals and Phillip's is coping with Timothy and his blindness. - World War II
What was going on in the world that led to Phillip's family moving to Curacao in 1939? What were German U-boats doing over there? And what is a U-boat, anyway? Have your students do a little digging to figure out what exactly was going on in Chapters 1 and 2 of The Cay.