📖 Call It Courage

Mafatu has been afraid of the sea for as long as he can remember. Though his father is the Great Chief of Hikueru - an island whose seafaring people worship courage - Mafatu feels like an outsider. All his life he has been teased, taunted, and even blamed for storms on the sea. Then at age fifteen, no longer willing to put up with the ridicule and jibes, Mafatu decides to take his fate into his own hands. With his dog, Uri, as his companion, Mafatu paddles out to sea, ready to face his fears. What he learns on his lonesome adventure will change him forever and make him a hero in the eyes of his people.

马法图的名字意为"坚强的心",但他的人民称他为懦夫。自从大海夺走了他母亲的 生命并保留了他自己的生命,他就一直生活在深深的恐惧之中。而他的父亲,则是 海库鲁岛的大酋长——一个航海人崇尚勇气的岛屿。但马法图却很害怕,因此受 到了族人严重的蔑视。到十五岁的时候,马法图已经无法忍受了。他必须独自去克 服恐惧。即使这意味着必死无疑。 推荐理由:这本书通过描述一个孩子如何克服恐惧并成长的故事,给我们这个年纪 的孩子深深的代入感。Mafatu遇到这么多的危险和乃至生命的威胁都没有放弃, 反而逐渐成长起来,我们要像他一样,充满勇气地面对一切,才能成长为自己的英 雄。