'Ele - paperback edition
****’ELE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!****
****BOOKS WILL SHIP 5/25****
“Tell me. Who are you? Why are you here?”
‘Ele is a member of the kauwā - the outcasts. Her people live a hardscrabble life on the mostly-barren Matu Island, but glimpses can be seen, when the sky is very clear, of the beautiful green island of Kaua‘i. The plan is to take Kaua‘i by force, but after all their weapsons mysteriousy vanish, the evil king Afu demands that ‘Ele go to Kaua’i as a spy,.
But here on the green island of Kaua‘i, life is full of the graceful movements of the hula, each movement revealing both long-ago conflict and a current world at peace. It’s ‘Ele’s job to scout out the island and find out who stole the weapons, so the Matu can enact revenge. But as ‘Ele spends more time on Kaua‘i, she get used to a different way of life. But when her past catches up to her, ‘Ele is faced with a terrible choice: honor her past, or secure her future?
Written by Johnson Kahili IV, a Native Hawaiian middle school educator, ‘Ele immerses readers into a world of royal fishponds, tropical typhoons, and the graceful movements of hula lush taro fields, Featuring over fifty Hawaiian words, and woven throughout with historic hula chants, ‘Ele is a lyrical portrait of life in ancient Kaua’i.
****’ELE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!****
****BOOKS WILL SHIP 5/25****
“Tell me. Who are you? Why are you here?”
‘Ele is a member of the kauwā - the outcasts. Her people live a hardscrabble life on the mostly-barren Matu Island, but glimpses can be seen, when the sky is very clear, of the beautiful green island of Kaua‘i. The plan is to take Kaua‘i by force, but after all their weapsons mysteriousy vanish, the evil king Afu demands that ‘Ele go to Kaua’i as a spy,.
But here on the green island of Kaua‘i, life is full of the graceful movements of the hula, each movement revealing both long-ago conflict and a current world at peace. It’s ‘Ele’s job to scout out the island and find out who stole the weapons, so the Matu can enact revenge. But as ‘Ele spends more time on Kaua‘i, she get used to a different way of life. But when her past catches up to her, ‘Ele is faced with a terrible choice: honor her past, or secure her future?
Written by Johnson Kahili IV, a Native Hawaiian middle school educator, ‘Ele immerses readers into a world of royal fishponds, tropical typhoons, and the graceful movements of hula lush taro fields, Featuring over fifty Hawaiian words, and woven throughout with historic hula chants, ‘Ele is a lyrical portrait of life in ancient Kaua’i.
****’ELE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!****
****BOOKS WILL SHIP 5/25****
“Tell me. Who are you? Why are you here?”
‘Ele is a member of the kauwā - the outcasts. Her people live a hardscrabble life on the mostly-barren Matu Island, but glimpses can be seen, when the sky is very clear, of the beautiful green island of Kaua‘i. The plan is to take Kaua‘i by force, but after all their weapsons mysteriousy vanish, the evil king Afu demands that ‘Ele go to Kaua’i as a spy,.
But here on the green island of Kaua‘i, life is full of the graceful movements of the hula, each movement revealing both long-ago conflict and a current world at peace. It’s ‘Ele’s job to scout out the island and find out who stole the weapons, so the Matu can enact revenge. But as ‘Ele spends more time on Kaua‘i, she get used to a different way of life. But when her past catches up to her, ‘Ele is faced with a terrible choice: honor her past, or secure her future?
Written by Johnson Kahili IV, a Native Hawaiian middle school educator, ‘Ele immerses readers into a world of royal fishponds, tropical typhoons, and the graceful movements of hula lush taro fields, Featuring over fifty Hawaiian words, and woven throughout with historic hula chants, ‘Ele is a lyrical portrait of life in ancient Kaua’i.