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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 comp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taylor, Theodore, 1921-2006 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Garden City, N.Y. : Delacorte, [2017]
Subjects:
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices > Juvenile fiction.
Blacks > Juvenile fiction.
Shipwrecks > Juvenile fiction.
Airplane crash survival > Juvenile fiction.
Caribbean Area > Juvenile fiction.
Blind > Juvenile fiction.
Gumbs, Timothy (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Survival > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Prejudices > Fiction.
Blacks > Fiction.
Shipwrecks > Fiction.
Caribbean Area > Fiction.
Airplane crash survival.
Blacks.
Blind.
Friendship.
Prejudices.
Shipwrecks.
Caribbean Area.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Action and adventure fiction.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Originally published in hardcover by Delacorte Press in 1969.
Sequel: Timothy of the cay.
Physical Description:xi, 134 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780385079068
0385079060