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L'île Cay

Cette série explore la résilience de l'esprit humain face à l'adversité extrême et à l'isolement. Elle suit des personnages qui doivent surmonter non seulement la rudesse de la nature, mais aussi leurs propres préjugés et peurs profondément ancrés. Ce sont des récits poignants de survie, d'espoir et d'alliances inattendues, démontrant comment une compréhension profonde et une humanité peuvent émerger même dans les moments les plus sombres. Les récits servent de témoignages puissants de croissance personnelle et de dépassement d'obstacles.

Timothy of the Cay
Penguin Readers - 2: The Cay

Ordre de lecture recommandé

  1. Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed. When Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in the middle of the sea. Besides Stew Cat, his only companion is an old West Indian, Timothy. Phillip remembers his mother’s warning about black people: “They are different, and they live differently.” But by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillip’s head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy.

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  2. Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old Black man Timothy, twelve-year-old white boy 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

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