Call It Courage

By Armstrong Sperry
Copyright: 1940
Pages: 92
Rating: 3/5
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewer: Lyra

I chose this book because it looked exciting and full of adventure. Also, the description on the back defiinitely made me want to read it. Short but descriptive, this book can quench a readers thirst for a great tale of excitement.

Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry is about an adolescent boy named Mafatu who is trying to prove his courage to his tribe. Mafatu lives on the Island of Hikueru with his pet dog and bird. When he was a toddler he was in a tragic accident and from then on was afraid of the sea. However, all the other folk on Hikueru depend on the sea for food and worship it. Since Mafatu is terrified of the water he is an outcast and called a coward. Mafatu decides to take on his fears and prove everyone wrong. Can he truly forget his melancholic past and become the hero he wishes he could be?