A young boy, feeling like an outsider, finds connection and understanding through his experiences.
Author
Theodore Taylor
6 books in the catalog
Theodore Taylor has 6 books in our catalog of Christian parent reviews, mostly historical fiction, survival and coming-of-age. The titles we've reviewed span 1969 to 1998.
Recommended for readers roughly ages 10–17, based on our reviewers' age guidance.
Recurring virtues across Theodore Taylor's work include courage and love. Content concerns tend to be mild across the titles we've reviewed.
Phillip, a prejudiced white boy, is shipwrecked on an island with an elderly Black man named Timothy during World War II.
A young boy in the Pacific during WWII grapples with the moral implications of the atomic bomb.
Timothy, a young boy stranded on an island, forms a deep bond with a sea turtle.
Phillip, a young white boy, and Timothy, an elderly black man, survive a shipwreck and are stranded on a small island.
A young white boy stranded on a Caribbean island with an elderly Black man must overcome prejudice and survive.
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