Sperry, Armstrong.

Call it courage / [by] Armstrong Sperry. - New York : Aladdin, 1971,c1940. - 116 p. ; 18 cm.

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Relates how Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy whose name means Stout Heart, overcomes his terrible fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his people.

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Awarded the Newbery Medal, 1941.

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Folklore--Polynesia.
Courage--Folklore.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.--Folklore.

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