such a cool book ! i love when mafatu stops being afraid of the sea and reaturns from the island with the boar tooth neacklace!
Call It Courage
By Armstrong Sperry
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 4 - 8 | X | 6.2 | 19326 |
Book Reviews (19)
A adventurous book anyone could ask for.
this is an amazing book it is about a boy named maftu who was afraid of the sea. When he was little his mother was dragged into the sea and killed. He gets teased because he is afraid so he proves his courage by sailing to a new island . He survives with many chalenges and makes it home safley. This is an amazing book.
The book was OK.It wasn't really the greatest book because it said there were going to be good cliff hangers but I couldn't even tell if there were cliff hangers.Once you got to the middle and end of the story things take a long time because when Maftu tried to kill the pig thing he took like 2 or 3 days just to encounter it. I personally think it is not a book I will recommend. But #best survival skills ever.
kinda good
l would not really recommend this book. Sure it reminded me of the movie Moana, but the author said that there is cliff hangers , and there really isn't any. l could stop at any point and not feel the need to keep reading.The book was also no fun to read because I could predict the book . It is not award worthy.
good at the beginning but bad at the end and middle.
The book was okay at the beginning because of the drama but i really didn't understand the words at the end.
This book is about Mafatu a boy who is afraid of the sea. If my mother died because of the sea I probably would be afraid too. I think this book is awesome and i would recommend it to any 4th grader.
I just read this book and it is totally awesome. Mafatu was afraid of the sea, unlike the people in his village. Starting when he was 3, he saw his mother die because of a storm, and that started his fear. All his life until he was 15, he was teased and bullied all because of his fear of the sea. Mafatu couldn't stand it, so he started out onto a journey to prove his courage. As he was starting his journey, he was caught in a storm and landed in a desert island with his dog, Uri, as his only companion. In the island, Mafatu learns how to face his fears, learning to hunt and love the sea, just like everyone in the village. Finally, Mafatu realizes he has to go back to his island, where he is greeted as a hero to everyone in his home village. This book teaches people what courage is like and how to face your fears, one step at a time. I recommend this book to people between ages 9-15, and people who love adventures that tell them what they truly mean to people like them.