

Moloka'i : A Novel
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- Historical Hawaiian Setting: A richly imagined novel set in Hawai'i over a century ago, offering an extraordinary epic of a little-known time and place.
- Resilient Human Spirit: A deeply moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit, chronicling a people who embraced life in the face of death.
- Rachel's Journey: Follows Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl whose dreams are stolen when a rose-colored mark appears on her skin.
- Kalaupapa Settlement: Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on Moloka'i, where her life unexpectedly begins anew.
- Vibrant Character Cast: Features a vibrant cast of vividly realized characters, contributing to the novel's warmth, humor, and compassion.
- Profound Reader Impact: The novel's narrative is noted for its ability to profoundly impact readers, with "few readers [remaining] unchanged by Rachel's story."
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- Book formatHardcover
- Fiction/nonfictionFiction
- GenreHistorical / General
- Pub date2004-10-04
- Pages416
- Reading levelGeneral/Trade
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This richly imagined novel, set in Hawai'i more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a little-known time and place---and a deeply moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit.
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).
This richly imagined novel, set in Hawai'i more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a little-known time and place---and a deeply moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit.
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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Good book, well written. A novel based on the history of the island where they sent Leepers in the late 1800 until well after 1900 to isolate the disease and keep it from spreading. Their lives were very dire and sad. There were some good things that were not really expanded upon and the main character spent 20 years off the island but little was written about her time off the island. Fictional but historically based.








