EL CAYO

We are reading El Cayo by Theodore Taylor. Its a Spanish book it means a very small island. We're reading this book because of our unit about racism and friendship.  The MAIN CHARACTERS are Phillip an 11 year old American boy, Timothy a tall, very old, African American and Stew Cat a black and gray cat. SETTING is in the island. PROBLEM Timothy, Phillip and Stew Cat are stranded in the island with limited food and water. EVENTS world war 2 is started and Phillip's mom wants to go live with her parents till the war ends. The next day they got in the boat they got bombed and Phillip got separated  from his mom and he got hit on the head very bad. He ended up with a African American stranger and turned blind cause of the hit on his head. I like the book so far it seems long cause we read it slow a chapter a day. I would recommended to people that like strange books about the war.                  LILI T.