Books by Armstrong Sperry
Grades 5–7 GRL X 3 AR pts
A legendary adventure story of how Mafatu, the son of the Great Chief of Hikueru, a Polynesian race who worships courage, conquers his fear of the sea and proves he isn't a…
Author
1 book · Grades 5–7
Armstrong Sperry was an American author and illustrator who traveled through the South Pacific as a young man. Those travels inspired Call It Courage, the story of a Polynesian boy who faces his fears alone at sea, which won the Newbery Medal in 1941.
Grades 5–7 · GRL X · 3 AR pts
A legendary adventure story of how Mafatu, the son of the Great Chief of Hikueru, a Polynesian race who worships courage, conquers his fear of the sea and proves he isn't a…