Timothy of the Cay
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Timothy of the Cay

Paperback – January 1, 1994

Price
$5.78
Publisher
Avon Books
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0380721191
Dimensions
4 x 0.5 x 6.5 inches
Weight
6.4 ounces

Description

"Anyone who enjoyed The Cay will want to read the stunning prequel-sequel" -- -- The Sacramento Bee "No Less Commanding Than The Cay" -- -- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Theodore Taylor was born in North Carolina and began writing at the age of thirteen as a cub reporter for the Portsmouth, Virginia Evening Star .Leaving home at seventeen to join the Washington Daily News as a copy boy, he worked his way toward New York City and became an NBC network sportswriter at the age of nineteen.Mr. Taylor is the author of a dozen books for young readers, among them the award-winning The Cay . He lives in Laguna Beach, California, with his wife, Flora.

Features & Highlights

  • <p>For the millions who care about Timothy and young Phillip -- for all those who want to know more of Timothy's life before his fateful meeting with young Phillip and what happened to Phillip after he was rescued from the tiny island...</p><p><i>Two young men. Two dreams. Their lives intersect on a tiny cay for three months, when one is over seventy and the other is only eleven. One of them died there. The other was forever changed by his encounter with the first.</p>

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AWESOME!

a riviting sequel to the great book-"the cay"-could not but it down-i am thankful to mr. taylor for writing such a great book for adolecents everywhere-i have to aplaud mr taylor on writing such a suspenceful, edge of your seat book
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student reading

My student was so captured after reading the cay,I bought him his own copy of Timothy of the cat. Thank you.