Theodore Taylor Libros

Una conmovedora historia de superación personal y amistad. Cuando Phillip despierta en una pequeña balsa en medio del océano, no consigue ver y no recuerda qué ha pasado. ¿Dónde está? ¿Y su familia? Sólo Timothy, el hombre de color que lo ha salvado del naufragio, y su gato Stew han sobrevivido también. Con ellos vivirá una aventura muy larga e intensa cuya brutalidad y lucha diaria le enseñarán algo fundamental: a aprender a amar la vida. La obra, de gran calidad literaria, ha sido galardonada con 11 premios literarios entre los cuales destaca el Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Historia poderosa y emocionante que atrae y envuelve al lector sobre el crecimiento personal de un niño ciego que sobrevive en una isla gracias al hombre que lo salva. El libro trata en profundidad los prejuicios de clasismo y racismo así como la superación de los mismos.

Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old Black man Timothy, twelve-year-old white boy Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation. Alternate chapters follow the life of Timothy from his days as a young cabin boy

Available for the first time in a Yearling edition, the classic, inspiring story of a dog who triumphs against all odds, by the bestselling author of The Cay .Helen adored her beautiful golden Labrador from the first moment he was placed in her arms, a squirming fat sausage of creamy yellow fur. As her best friend, Friar Tuck waited daily for Helen to come home from school and play. He guarded her through the long, scary hours of the dark night. Twice he even saved her life.Now it's Helen's turn. No one can say exactly when Tuck began to go blind. Probably the light began to fail for him long before the alarming day when he raced after some cats and crashed through the screen door, apparently never seeing it. But from that day on, Tuck's trouble--and how to cope with it--becomes the focus of Helen's life. Together they fight the chain that holds him and threatens to break his spirit, until Helen comes up with a solution so new, so daring, there's no way it can fail.

Chip Clewt, known simply as the weirdo, lives like a hermit in the Powhatan Swamp, a National Wildlife Refuge that is at the center of a heated controversy between local hunters and environmentalists. A hunting ban on the Powhatan is about to expire. The environmentalists want to protect the wildlife; the hunters are oiling their guns. Then someone completely unexpected comes forward to spearhead the conservation effort--the weirdo. "Includes a reader's guide. "

Evan Bryant, an eleven-year-old boy in 1914 whose strict father has little time for him, is delighted when his long-lost Grandfather Pentreath returns, relates his many sea adventures, and hobbles around like Evan who has a club foot. Reprint.

1942 wird ein Schiff der US-Flotte von einem deutschen U-Boot in der Karibik zerstört. Der alte Seemann Timothy und der 12jährige Phillip retten sich auf eine einsame Insel.

Hilfe - Gefangen im Teufelsmaul - bk1496; Obelisk Verlag; Theodore Taylor; pocket_book; 1973