The Cay by Taylor, Theodore published by Avon Books Mass Market Paperback
All his life Phillip had felt superior to black-skinned people, but now he was a refugee from a shipwreck and had to depend on the West Indian. There were just two people left on the Caribbean Island, and Phillip was blinded by the crack on his head. The story tells of the struggles and Phillip's attempt to adjust to his blindness and to understand the loving West Indian.