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Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Nine-year-old Nanea may be the youngest in her family, but she still wants to "dip her paddle in" and be useful. She knows she's grown-up enough to help in her grandparents' market. But before she can prove that she's ready for more responsibility, the unthinkable happens: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, the naval base where her father works, and America is at war! With friends and family missing, and rumors of more attacks to come, Nanea worries―will...
Author
Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A young daughter of the legendary Hawaiian Naupaka dynasty dreams of healing the rift in her family by competing in and winning the next Miss Aloha Hula contest and proving herself worthy of carrying on her family's name.
Author
Series
Leilani Santiago mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Prospect Park Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Leilani Santiago is back in her birthplace, the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, to help keep afloat the family business, a shave ice shack. When she goes to work one morning, she stumbles across a dead body, a young pro surfer who was being coached by her estranged father. As her father soon becomes the No. 1 murder suspect, Leilani must find the real killer and somehow safeguard her ill mother, little sisters, and grandmother while also preserving a...
Author
Series
Nancy Drew clue books volume 14
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Vacationing on the Big Island of Hawaii with friends George and Bess, elementary school student Nancy Drew searches for clues in the case of the missing camera.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Three men are found dead in the locked second-floor office of a Honolulu building, with no sign of struggle except for the ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly invisible to the human eye. In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting. Trillions of microorganisms, tens of thousands of bacteria species, are being...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A waitress masquerading as an influencer and a wildlife photographer are on a collision course with romance--and chaos--in Hate to Fake It to You, a zany modern twist on a screwball comedy classic about figuring out what you really want--by pretending to be someone you're not. Everyone gets a glow-up on social media, but Libby Lane's online persona is the fakest of fakes. Cooked up as a joke by Libby and her best friends, Lillibet is the affluent,...
9) Going home
Author
Publisher
Carl Heintze
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Going Home is the story of a Japanese-American who was born on Kauai and returns to the island to attend his mother’s funeral.
Wilson Tanaka is engaged in developing a non-invasive heart device (that has not been working properly) and is also is in the process of being divorced by his wife of ten years, a Silicon Valley corporate executive.
On Kauai Wilson meets an Irish-American pediatrician. He later runs into her at the mainland hospital, where...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Michael Crichton, creator of Jurassic Park, ER, Twister, and Westworld, had a passion project he'd been pursuing for years, ahead of his untimely passing in 2008. Knowing how special it was, his wife, Sherri Crichton, held back his notes and the partial manuscript until she found the right author to complete it: James Patterson, the world's most popular storyteller. Two of the world's most popular and prolific modern authors team up for a thriller...
14) Night on fire
Author
Series
Kevin Corvelli novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Kevin Corvelli--a hot shot New York defense attorney who packed up his bags and hung his shingle in Hawaii to dodge the spotlight--is deep in his Mai Tais at a resort when an argument erupts down the bar. It's a pair of newlyweds, married that day. And since Corvelli doesn't do divorces, he all but dismisses the argument. That's at least until the fire breaks out later that night, and he barely escapes his hotel room. Most weren't so lucky, including...
Author
Publisher
Make Me a World
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Longing to see snow for the first time after having been surrounded by the deep blue waves of Hapuna Beach in Hawaii all her life, Claire wonders if she can create a winter wonderland in her own way.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's wrenching and sensational debut story collection follows a cast of mixed native Hawaiian and Japanese women through a contemporary landscape thick with inherited wisdom and the ghosts of colonization. This is a Hawai'i where unruly sexuality and generational memory overflow the postcard image of paradise and the boundaries of the real, where the superstitions born of the islands take on the weight of truth. A childhood encounter...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The newest adventure of two cat best friends is set on the exotic sandy beaches of Hawaii. When Ollie dares Moon to try something new, she learns about confronting her fears with the help of a friend''-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Spy goddess volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Headstrong Rachel Buchanan and her friends sneak away from Blackthorn Academy and set out to find a mysterious artifact before it falls into the hands of her nemisis, Simon Blankenship, a journey that takes them to the volcanic shores of Hawaii.
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