Moloka’i
Alan Brennert
405 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0312304358
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Language: English
Publish: 1096873200000
AdultAdult FictionAudiobookBook ClubComing Of AgeCulturalFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionNovels
Set in Hawai’i more than a century ago, this is the story of Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, who dreams of visiting far-off lands like her father, a merchant seaman. Then one day a rose-colored mark appears on her skin, and those dreams are stolen from her. Taken from her home and family, Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Moloka’i. Here her life is supposed to end—but instead she discovers it is only just beginning.