Call it courage / Armstrong Sperry ; illustrations by the author.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1968.Description: 95 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0027860302
- 9780027860306
- Newbery Medal, 1941.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | Sperry, Armstrong | Available | 1941 Newbery Award Winner | 33111005696246 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Maftu was afraid of the sea. It had taken his mother when he was a baby, and it seemed to him that the sea gods sought vengeance at having been cheated of Mafatu. So, though he was the son of the Great Chief of Hikueru, a race of Polynesians who worshipped courage, and he was named Stout Heart, he feared and avoided tha sea, till everyone branded him a coward. When he could no longer bear their taunts and jibes, he determined to conquer that fear or be conquered-- so he went off in his canoe, alone except for his little dog and pet albatross. A storm gave him his first challenge. Then days on a desert island found him resourceful beyond his own expectation. This is the story of how his courage grew and how he finally returned home. This is a legend. It happened many years ago, but even today the people of Hikueru sing this story and tell it over their evening fires.
Originally published in 1940.
Based on a Polynesian legend, this is the story of a youth who overcomes his fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his tribe.
Newbery Medal, 1941.