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there are many complications in the book the cay. Here are a list of some but there are many more.

  • there is a war
  • Phillip's mum thinks it isn't safe to stay on the island of Curacao
  • the boat (Hato) that Phillip and his mum were travelling on was torpedoed by a German submarine
  • Phillip wakes up on a raft away from his mum with a stranger called timothy
  • on the raft timothy and Phillip struggle to survive with limited food and water
  • Phillip goes blind
  • the cay is cut off from the rest of the sea
  • timothy and Phillipp get into many arguments
  • timothy and phillip have to get the attention of the planes flying overhead but always seem to fail
  • there is a hurricane which damages them and the island
  • timothy gets sick
  • phillip gets very homesick
  • timothy passes away.
  • phillip is left to cope by himself
  • a plane flies overhead but phillip doesnt get its attention

there are many more complications in the book but they are some of the main ones

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