A shelter from the sun

A sail to catch the wind

A flag to signal to passing planes and ships

A net to catch fish

Timothy wants to keep it all for himself.

They don't know how long they'll be stranded.

Timothy believes that the water is unsafe to drink.

Timothy wants to save it all for Stew Cat.

The black people he played with in the harbor

His father

His friend, Henrik

His mother

Timothy refuses to share any of the fish he caught.

Timothy won't give Phillip all the water he wants.

Timothy doesn't believe that Phillip is from Virginia.

Timothy won't tell Phillip his own name.

Phillip was hit in the head when the S.S. Hato was torpedoed.

Phillip did not drink enough water.

Phillip became blinded from the grief of losing his mother.

Phillip was born blind; he was only pretending to see.

He gives Phillip extra candy.

He promises that Phillip can keep Stew Cat when they're rescued.

He sings Phillip's favorite song, "Call Me Maybe."

He describes the world around them.

"Timothy did not answer me."

"Angrily, I said to him, 'I can't see.'"

"No people. No water. No food..."

"I was sure he couldn't even see that far."

Langosta

Lobster bisque

Mr. Lobster

Sebastian

The Devil's Toenail

The Angel's Mouth

The Devil's Mouth

Miami, Florida

In his seventies

In his nineties

In his forties

In his fifties

He learns that Timothy can't spell. 

He realizes that Timothy doesn't know how to build a hut.

Phillip can speak in Dutch.

Phillip catches more langosta than Timothy.

To tie their belongings to a tree.

For Phillip to move around safely.

It's a leash for Stew Cat.

Timothy uses it to carry the langosta back to the hut.

That Phillip has always been his friend.

That he doesn't want anymore friends.

That he doesn't know what "friend" means.

That he doesn't want to be Phillip's friend.

He gives a detailed scientific explanation.

He tells Phillip a voodoo myth.

He pretends not to hear the question.

He thinks that everyone is the same beneath the skin.

Netherlands

California

Virginia

Germany

It provided them with much needed water.

The sea grapes they ran out of began to grow again.

It would cause the coconuts to fall from the trees. 

They were stinky and needed a bath. 

make the reader know that sharks swim in the sea around Willemstad

to emphasize how frightening the arrival of German submarines was to the people of Willemstad

to describe to the reader what the German submarines looked like

to make the German submarines seem real

the novel is historical fiction because the setting is during a factual event but contains fictional characters

the novel is realistic fiction because it takes place on real islands in the Caribbean

the novel is historical fiction because the setting is during WWII bu the names of the islands are not real

the novel is nonfiction because it tells about real events during WWII

Native schooners from Venezuela, Aruba, and Bonaire were coming in with bananas, oranges, papayars, melons, and vegetables.

The Dutch were raiding the Spanish galleons

Willemstand had to defend itself against the storming pirates and the British

World War II had come to the Caribbean by way of Germans who wanted the oil from the refineries

third person limited to Phillip

second person

first person-from Timothy's point of view

first person-from Phillip's point of view

eagerness

fear

anger

nervousness

Phillip's mom

Mr. Enright

Phillip

Timothy