Stranger from the Sea: Teetoncey (The Outer Banks Trilogy) [Paperback]

Theodore Taylor (Author), Richard Cuffari (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: The Outer Banks Trilogy

Ben O'Neal finds a girl shipwrecked on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. He names her "Teetoncey", which means "small", and brings her home.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Camelot (May 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380710242
• ISBN-13: 978-0380710249
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,794,462 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my Childhood Favorites, May 24, 2004

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Maria C. Bernhardt (Winter Park, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stranger from the Sea: Teetoncey (The Outer Banks Trilogy) (Paperback)

I read this book when I was in 6th or 7th grade (many, many years ago). I had liked The Cay so I'd decided to try other books by the same author. Teetoncey was an immediate favorite.

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.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a good story about Ben O'neal, November 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Stranger from the Sea: Teetoncey (The Outer Banks Trilogy) (Paperback)

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.