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When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.

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"Phillip, an American Southern white boy, is marooned with an old West Indian negro on a minor Carribbean island after their ship is torpedeod by a German submarine during World War II. Blinded by the blast, Phillip is also handicapped by his strong racial prejudice."
"When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion."
"When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion."@en
"Phillip's mother did not like black people. "They aredifferent", she told him. Phillip had never believed her before, but now ... After all, Timothy was different: he was huge and old, and to Phillip, he seemed ugly. After the Germans torpedoed the freighter on which Phillip and his mother were travelling during wartime, the boy found himself dependent on the old West Indian man. Following the shipwreck, just the two of them were cast up on the barren little Caribbean island, and a crack on the head left Phillip blind. Their struggle for survival and Phillip's efforts to adjustto blindness and to understand his dignified, wise, and loving companion make this a memorable tale."@en
"Phillip, an American Southern white boy, is marooned with an old West Indian negro on a minor Caribbean island after their ship is torpedoed. Blinded by the blast, Phillip is also handicapped by his strong racial prejudice."@en
"Phillip, an American Southern white boy, is marooned with an old West Indian negro on a minor Carribbean island after their ship is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II. Blinded by the blast, Phillip is also handicapped by his strong racial prejudice."@en
"When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old Negro are stranded on a small desert island in the Caribbean."@en
"Follows the adventures, joys, and heartaches of a privileged and prejudiced Dutch boy stranded on a remote tropical island with a kindly and wise West Indian, following an enemy attack on a boat leaving Cura?ao."
"When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow to his head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion."@en
"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."@en
"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."