| Description |
144 p. ; 18 cm. |
| Indexed In: |
Wilson's Children, November 1996 |
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Wilson's Junior High School, September 1995 |
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Elem. School Library Collection, March 1998 |
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Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.) |
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School Library Journal |
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Five Owls, November 1995 |
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Library Journal Starred |
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Booklist |
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New York Times |
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Horn Book |
| Summary |
When the freighter they are traveling on 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. |
| Audience |
6.3 |
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5-8 Follett Library Resources |
| Study Program |
AccelRead RL 5.3 P4.0 WEST |
| Subject |
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc -- Fiction.
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Friendship -- Fiction.
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Prejudices -- Fiction.
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Blacks -- Fiction.
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Shipwrecks -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
0380010038 |
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