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Humor

by Paul E. McGhee · 1979

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When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old Negro are stranded on a small desert island in the Caribbean where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
friendshipfriendshipMore like thisLess of thissurvivalsurvivalMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of this
Subject
psychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 251 pages

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