The Cay & Timothy of the Cay - Theodore Taylor

The books in one sentence each: Phillip Enright survives a shipwreck, stuck on a cay blind, with an old Negro and a cat, to go through a life-changing experience. The prequel-sequel describes how Timothy the Negro came to be the man he was and how Phillip regains his sight and visits the cay he has [...]

The Trumpet of the Swan - E. B. White

E. B. White was born in Mount Vernon, New York, in 1899 and was graduated from Cornell University in 1921. After five or six years of trying many sorts of jobs, he joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine. The connection proved a happy one and resulted in a steady output of satirical sketches, [...]

Sing to the Dawn - Minfong Ho

Minfong Ho is a Singaporean who grew up in Thailand and now makes her home in Ithaca, New York. She is also author of Rice Without Rain, The Clay Marble and Maples in the Mist. She also co-authored Sing to the Dawn, the musical based on the book.
The book in one sentence: A simple story [...]