1. The Cay

2.  Historical Fiction:  Setting: Caribbean during World War II  Point of View:  First Person: Phillip is telling the story  All aspects of the story are based on Phillip’s perspective

3.  Prejudice  Survival  Friendship  Sacrifice

4.  “Like silent hungry sharks that swim in the darkness of the sea…”

5.  “But it didn’t change. It got worse.”

6.  “A wall of red flames and black smoke was beginning to boil into the sky.”

7.  “His back was a great wall of black flesh…”

8.  “…wondered when the first drops of rain would spatter on the roof.”

9.  “Listening to the still angry sea as it tumbled around the cay.”

10.  “I thought they might be like schools of fish.”