Book Review - "The Cay"

This one that Jake wanted to read and when he was done wanted me to read it too. It's was written by Theodore Taylor in 1969. Set in 1942 in the Dutch islands off Venezuela, Phillip (about 11 years old) learns that war isn't as fun as it sounds and to overcome his fear of black people. It's a great little book and Jake and I loved it. We fell in love with Timothy and Phillip struggling to survive and trust each other on a deserted island. Jake said that it was a little hard to read the "negro dialect" written. We heard that in an article about Tom Sawyer a while back. Once we realized that he was speaking in a Caribbean accent, it was a little easier to understand, but even Philip in the story had a hard time with the way Timothy spoke at times. Because of this book, we use the word "outrageous" quite a bit!