Timothy and Phillip don't really get along at first. Timothy builds a shelter on the raft for the two to rest under. Instead he's on a raft with a black West Indian man with a very thick accent named Timothy and a cat named Stew Cat. When he finally comes to, he is no longer on one of the lifeboats. Phillip is knocked out during his evacuation from the ship. Hato.Īs luck would have it, the Hato is torpedoed by the Germans. Phillip wants to stay on the island with his dad, but his mom books passage for him to sail with her on a ship called the S.S. Empire Tern, a big British tanker, she decides to leave once and for all and is determined to take Phillip with her. Once the German submarines blow up the S.S.
Phillip's mother wants to go back to Virginia with her son, which creates tension with Phillip's father. The oil tankers are in danger and many of the sailors refuse to get on board for fear of being torpedoed and sunk.
The arrival of the German submarines spells trouble for Willemstad. There's also Henrik van Boven, Phillip's school friend who is Dutch and with whom he plays around the city of Willemstad, the capital of Curaçao. She's a bit of a nervous type and (as we will find out later) kind of racist. Phillip and his dad have always been close – unlike his relationship with his mom. We also meet Phillip's father, who works for one of the oil refineries and is the reason the family relocated from Virginia to Curaçao. He's "not frightened, just terribly excited" (1.5). We're also introduced to the protagonist, Phillip, a young schoolboy who has never seen war before. The island is being stalked by German submarines that arrived during the nighttime and are targeting the area's oil refineries and tankers. We're on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, and World War II is under way. The novel opens, and we're given the initial setup.
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