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Overview. Call it Courage is a middle grade novel by Armstrong Sperry. It recounts the Polynesian folktale of Mafatu, the Boy Who Was Afraid, and his adventurous journey across the sea to find courage.
Call It Courage (published as The Boy Who Was Afraid in the United Kingdom) is a 1940 children's novel written and illustrated by American author Armstrong Sperry. The novel won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1941.
- Armstrong Sperry
- 1940
Call It Courage Summary & Study Guide includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis, quotes, character descriptions, themes, and more.
Call It Courage is a romance in the traditional, mythic sense of the word. The hero, Mafatu, must prove his worth by leaving his family, setting forth on a quest, and undergoing a series of...
Armstrong Sperry. A boy tries to overcome his fear of the sea in this treasured classic and winner of the Newbery Medal. Mafatu 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.
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Chapter 1 Summary: “Flight”. The ancient Polynesians of the island Hikueru, in the South Seas (the South Pacific Ocean), prize courage above all else. However, one of their own—Mafatu, the chief’s son—is afraid the ocean. Mafatu’s fear began when he was three years old.
Once he returns to his tribe, Mafatu fears the sea and his people label him as a coward. At age 12, Mafatu can no longer bear to live with the stigma. He sets out alone in a canoe to prove himself. On his journey, he battles the sea, a shark, an octopus and savages known as the eaters-of-men.
