Armstrong Sperry was an American writer and illustrator of children’s books, often blending elements of historical fiction and biography. His 1941 book Call It Courage won the Newbery Medal. He died in 1976. Highlights of Lou Diamond Phillips's film credits include Courage Under Fire, Young Guns II, Stand and Deliver, and La Bamba. An accomplished stage actor, he starred in the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of The King and I.
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ALA Newbery Medal • African Studies Association Child Book Award Honor 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 cour... SEE MORE