Phillip And Timothy Summary

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At the beginning of the book ¨The Cay¨ phillip is happy. Philips mother wanted to leave the island where they were currently living. His father did not agree. Philip and his mother boarded a boat on sail to America. Shortly the boat was bombed. Philip could not find his mother. There was a buff black guy and Philip was on a raft with him. Philip was scared. Philip blames his mom for everything.He misses her, but he's mad at her. After being on the raft for a while philip is still sceptical about timothy. He doesn't know who he is or anything basically a stranger.
Soon Philip starts to realize that Timothy is different. Timothy is trying to help Philip survive. Way on the dock at an island. Philip and timothy disagree about the island, Philip

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