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.
Book Details
Format
Mass Market Paperback
ISBN-10
0380721198
ISBN-13
9780380721191
Publication Date
Jan 1994
Item Weight
0.20 pounds
Length
6.50 inch
Width
4.02 inch
Height
0.51 inch
First Sentence
AUGUST 1942-The navy's Caribbean command re a priority dispatch from the USS Sedgewick: RESCUED 12-YEAR-OLD BOY PHILLIP ENRIGHT AND HIS CAT FROM UNCHARTED CAY X SURVIVORS OF SS HATO TORPEDOED APRIL THIS YEAR X BOY AND CAT SEEM TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION X PROCEEDING CRISTOBAL X
