It wasn't just a "boy book" like The Cay. The description of the Outer Banks was so precise and the characterization of Ben, his mother, and the mysterious, sole survivor of the shipwreck were so realistic that I found myself dreaming about them at night. I was drawn in by both the mystery of who Teetoncey really was and by the progress she made as she slowly came out of her shock. Would she ever talk?!

I remember that my friend, who was NOT a reader, read this book at my urging, and finished it in record time. We both devoured the second book together over the summer on her back porch. I didn't realize there was a third book and am going to purchase it so I'll have the entire collection for my daughter when she's old enough to read.

I preferred the Teetoncey books over The Cay, so if you were lukewarm to The Cay, give this series a try.


It's a good story about Ben O'neal   November 10, 1998
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It's a good story about Ben O'neal and a person who came into his life. It was a good book. I think it would be neat to read the rest of the trilogy. I think you would like it if you got the book. It's got a lot of stuff about shipwrecks and oceans and the outer banks of North Carolina.