Based on the text preview as well as research about the background of the novel and the author's life a reader can predict that the novel will most likely be about
a. a young boy who joins the military to serve during WW2
b. a family who must cope with the German invasion on the island of Curacao
c. how one family handles the strain of war and separation from loved ones
d. a young boy's struggles to survive after being stranded on a desert island

This question is for the book called The Cay by Theodore Taylor