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Moloka'i
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by Alan Brennert
category Literature & Fiction
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Amazon Editorial Review
Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, 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.
With a vibrant cast of vividly realized characters, Moloka'i is the true-to-life chronicle of a people who embraced life in the face of death. Such is the warmth, humor, and compassion of this novel that "few readers will remain unchanged by Rachel's story" (mostlyfiction.com).
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11 Copies Registered
Registered by 
alwaysreading
of Boise, Idaho USA on Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Current status: travelling 
Registered by 
binsky70
of Shanghai, Shanghai China on Sunday, March 22, 2009
Current status: travelling 
Registered by 
Secretariat
of Carlsbad, California USA on Saturday, October 03, 2009
Current status: to be read 
