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Summary: A pretty good book
Review: A suspenceful book that was very exciting but was short and not in detail in the best parts.
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Summary: An exciting story,that will keep you reading forever!!!!!
Review: this is one of the most WONDERFUL books I've ever read.its about a boy who had lost his mom one day on the sea. Now this boy is scared that Mona the sea god will surly claim him too. His name means stout heart but most people call him a coward. he is mad because of all this. he has to prove them wrong about all this;so he goes out in a canoe and trys to sail to another island. He gets there safely and does not know if this is the island of the man eaters or the good island.READ THIS BOOK,ITS FANTASTIC!!!!
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Summary: Will Live With You Forever!
Review: This book is simply a classic. Its about a kid who proves he isn't the wimp his whole village thinks he is. He becomes a true man and wins the hearts of his whole family. Great reading for an Middle School student, though, not very captivating for adults.
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Summary: Mafatu is a boy who proves he's not a wimp.
Review: Mafatu is a boy whose mom dies at sea and ever since he was scared.So he gets a canoe and goes into the Indian Ocean. He lands on a island and faces danger like killing a boar, killing a shark, and is chased by CANNIBALS!That's what I call courage.
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Summary: Dynamic -- Triumphant -- Enduring
Review: I first read this book while in the third grade. Its imagery stuck in my mind for more than 25 years, so I recently picked up a paperback version and re-read it. Mafatu's adventure -- and the point behind it -- were just as I remembered. And I saw in retrospect how his example taught me early on to confront my fears head-on. I was afraid of heights, but have mastered rock climbing. I was shy, and got involved in theatre. This is what children's literature should be!
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Summary: About Mafatu,The Boy who was afraid turning into Stout Heart
Review: Mafatu was known as The Boy Who Was Afraid,so he went off to an island he had lots of adventures.He found out that the Eaters Of Men had come,he had to escape!!!Uri,(his dog) and Kivi,(hs bird)went along with him throughout the journey.Horror,curiosity,action,all in one!!!
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Summary: Mufatu - Stout Heart
Review: I think this was a good and exciting book about a 12 year - old boy trying to be brave. Ever since the sea drowned his mother he had been afraid of it which was not good since it surrounded the island he lived on, Hikerue, til one day he heard some other boys saying how afraid he was.So he set out to overcome his fears and to come back as a hero!!!
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Summary: SURVIVAL IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
Review: Mafatu, whose name means Stout Heart, is a 12- year-old Polynesian boy living on the rocky atoll of Hikueru. As a child he watched his mother drown; ever since he has been a prisoner of the understandable terrors of his maritime environment. Worse still, his fear of fishing has embarrassed his father, the chief, for all the village knows that his son is a cowawrd. Desptie his nimble fingers and quick mind, he seems fit only for woman's work, yet his heart burns with shame at the vicious taunting of the other boys and his father's humiliation. He longs to redeem himself in the eyes of his people and earn the his father's pride. This book has been a classic tale of survival for over 50 years, yet I had not heard of it until I found a Pb version. It read swiftly, albeit with little dialgoue. I wish the author had gone into more depth about how Mafatu fashioned the tools he neded to survive on the small island. It was interesting to learn about the man-eaters and their most sacred taboo: scacrifices to a monstrous stone idol on the Forbidden Island. The island that saved his life after a gruelling ocean voyage could prove his deathtrap. This slim volunme is appealing because it presents a young boy with a clearly-defined dream: to return in triumph as a brave warrior to his people. He has to clarify his goal and work out the details of each step in the process, but the arrival of the cannibals is ill-timed. He must face and conquer his fears of the ocean; he reveals the spirituality of this Pre-Columbian people by praying often to Maui. When threatened by elements of the sea, he hurls challenges to Moana, whom he feel has been stalking him since he almost drowned at the age of three. I admrie his courage to defend his faithful canine companion and the many times he must overcome real terror at his own physical peril, to achieve a greater goal. His will to live and ingenuity are a great inspiration; this story shows that even pre teens are capable of great achievement.
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Summary: It went on forever.
Review: This book seemed to go on and on. There was nothing in it you could relate to. You couldn't tell if the main character was in the stone age or if he was an Indian. The author made the story line very flat and un-entertaining. If you like books on survival, I might reccomend it, but it is nothing compared to books like _Hatchet_.
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Summary: A Tale of A Stout "Heart"
Review: Mafatu lives in Polynesia. He has been afraid of the ocean since being a young child.
Now his peers are teasing and saying cruel things to him about his fear. He knows
that he must overcome his fear, so he sails out alone on the sea to prove to all that he
is brave. This is an exciting tale of courage of a young boy who is trying to prove that
he has a "stout heart." Enjoyable! written by Bob Townsend
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