Kawai Strong Washburn
Author
Appears on these lists
Pittsfield - CELEBRATING NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE
Townsend Eclectic Book Club
Webster - Native American Heritage Month Adult Titles
Townsend Eclectic Book Club
Webster - Native American Heritage Month Adult Titles
Description
"A groundbreaking debut novel that folds the legends of Hawaiian gods into an engrossing family saga; a story of exile and the pursuit of salvation"--
In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship into the Pacific Ocean. When a shiver of sharks appears in the water, everyone fears for the worst. But instead, Noa is gingerly delivered to his mother in the jaws of a shark, marking...