Download or read book The Cay written by Theodore Taylor and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tense and compulsive survival story of a young boy and an old man adrift on the ocean, then marooned on a tiny, deserted island. It is also a fascinating study of the relationship between Phillip, white, American, and influenced by his mother's prejudices, and the black man upon whom Phillip's life depends.