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Theodore Taylor
1) The Cay
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old Negro are stranded on a small desert island in the Caribbean where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
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.
4) Teetoncey
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Series
Formats
Description
In this first novel of a trilogy, eleven-year-old Ben rescues an English girl from a shipwreck off the Outer Banks of North Carolina; and, though she becomes part of his family, she never speaks.
Author
Series
Outer Banks trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Doubleday
Description
The further adventures of Ben and Teetoncey as they take to the sea--he, to find his brother, and she to escape a forced return to England.
Author
Publisher
Wordsong, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 560L
Description
"Award-winning author Nikki Grimes's beloved novel in verse Garvey's Choice is now a graphic novel, imaginatively and dramatically illustrated by Little Shaq artist Theodore Taylor III."
