The Cay
by Theodore Taylor
Twelve-year-old Phillip Enright, a white boy, and Timothy, an aged black seaman,... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Disability
Year Published 1969
Word Count 26,145
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 860L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 108, 4.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
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