CALL IT COURAGE

BIBLIOGRAPHIC IFORMATION

• Published in 1940
• Macmillan Publishing Company
• In New York
• 95 pages

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ARMSTRONG WELLS SPERRY

• Nationality - American
• Born - November 1897 New Haven, Connecticut
• Death - April 26, 1979 (age 78)
• Signifiant events - lived in Santa FE, New Mexico for a year
• Family - Margaret Mitchell Robertson (his wife) Susan, and John (his children)

ARMSTRONG WELLS SPERRY

• Education - South Journal of national Education Association
• Interests - He enjoyed story telling that came from his great grandfather
• Other books he wrote - All Sail Set: A Romance Of The Cloud
• Inspiration- He was an illustrator

SUMMARY

• Mafatu a ten year old Polynesian boy of Hikueru
• He feared water and his father was the Great Chief of Hikueru
• Mafatu was considered a coward until he conquered his fear
• Mafatu fights his fear and goes off to the sea
• Mafatu gets caught in a hurricane and lands on a deserted island
• He learns how to swim and is very resourceful

PART TWO

• Mafatu encounters eaters of man savages at the mare
• Mafatu escapes on his handcrafted canoe
• Mafatu arrives at Hikueru and becomes the Stout Heart
• This is a legend still shared in Hikueru

ANALYSIS

• This book was recommended by my sister
• My favorite character is Mafatu because he is very resourceful like when he set a trap to kill a wild pig
• My least favorite characters are Mafatu's friends because they made fun of him
• My favorite episode is when Mafatu returned home with courage and was no longer afraid
• I learned to be brave and conquer your fears

PART TWO

• When Mafatu Ignores the mean boys it encourages you to not listen to unkind words
• Yes I liked this book because at the end people don't make fun of Mafatu
• My least favorite part is when Mafatu's mom brought him up to shore and died

PART THREE

• I found the grammar was easy to follow but the language gave different words such as feke - octopus Marae - a secret place Maui - god of the fishermen

CONCLUSION

• I enjoyed reading this book I would read it again
• I recommend this book to ages ten and older because of the violence