I really enjoyed the first book. So, I thought I would read the second book, which was suprisingly a lot worse. The first book had adventure, drama, and a main topic. The second book lacks every one of those things. I thought the parts about Timothy were very boring and didn't interest me one bit. I understand it was important to talk about Timothy as a young boy, growing up with racism, but, the author made it very boring. The parts about Phillip were a little more interesting, simply because it is from the point of view of a blind person. Personally, I would just suggest reading The Cay again, instead of reading a very boring book.