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| Author | Theodore Taylor |
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| Genre | Survival |
| Publisher | Avon |
Publication date | 1969 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 105 pp (first edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-380-01003-8 |
| OCLC | 26874149 |
| Followed by | Timothy of the Cay |
The Cay is a teen novel written by Theodore Taylor. It was published in 1969.
Taylor took only three weeks to write The Cay, having contemplated the story for over a decade after reading about an 11-year-old who was aboard the Dutch ship Hato when it was torpedoed in 1942, and who was last seen by other stranded survivors as he drifted away on a life raft.[1] The novel was published in 1969 and dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr.
- ^ Stewart, Jocelyn Y. (October 28, 2006). "Theodore Taylor, 85; wrote 'The Cay' and other novels for the young". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.