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Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 8
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
New fears for fourth-grader Calvin include a school bully named Tito and the return of his estranged father, rock star Little Johnny Coconut.
Author
Publisher
Imprint, a part of Macmillan Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In journal entries alternating between two timelines--before and after a tragic accident--Jennie Englund's heartfelt coming-of-age story, Taylor Before and After follows the year that changes one girl's life forever."--Amazon.
Author
Series
Junie B. Jones series volume 19
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Excitable Junie B. Jones manages to find trouble both before and during a trip to Hawaii and records each incident in a photo journal given to her by her teacher.
24) Punky Aloha
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Picture Books
Pacific Islander Authors for Kids and Teens
Three, Four Tell Me More: I Can Do It!
Pacific Islander Authors for Kids and Teens
Three, Four Tell Me More: I Can Do It!
Description
"Punky loves to do a lot of things--except meeting new friends. She doesn't feel brave enough. So when her grandmother asks her to go out and grab butter for her famous banana bread, Punky hesitates. But with the help of her grandmother's magical sunglasses, and with a lot of aloha in her heart, Punky sets off on a BIG adventure for the very first time"--
Author
Series
Wind Riders volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
After discovering Wind Rider, an abandoned magical sailboat, Max and Sofia arrive on a beach in Hawaii where, with new friend Laila, they rescue newly-hatched sea turtles. Includes facts about sea turtles.
Author
Publisher
Make Me a World
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Claire sees lava, sandy beaches, and undersea coral reefs on her island of Hawai'i. Yet she dreams of snow falling from the sky, snowflakes melting on her tongue, and most of all, building a snowman. See how Claire's dreams become 'real' as she learns to appreciate the island she call home"--Provided by publisher.
28) City of fire
Author
Series
City trilogy (Laurence Yep) volume 1
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Scirye and her companions travel to Houlani, a new Hawaiian island created by magic, where they enlist the help of volcano goddess Pele in an attempt to stop an evil dragon and a mysterious man from altering the universe.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Indigenous Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
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Description
"Curses aren't real. At least, that's what twelve-year-old, part-Hawaiian Anna Leilani Kama�ehu thinks when she listens to her grandmother's folktales about sacred flowers and family guardians. Anna's friends back home in Colorado don't believe in legends, either. They're more interested in science and sports-real, tangible things that stand in total contrast to Anna's family's embarrassing stories. So when Anna goes back to Hawai�i to visit her...
31) Kapaemahu
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Picture Books
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
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Description
Four individuals of dual male and female spirit bring their healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii, where they are beloved for their gentle ways and miraculous cures and where they imbue four giant boulders with their powers.
Author
Series
Jack and the geniuses volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Jack, his genius siblings, and inventor Hank Witherspoon go to Hawaii and help technology billionaire Ashley Hawking find out who is sabotaging her revolutionary electric plant that harvests energy from the deep ocean. Includes facts about the deep ocean, the scientific process, and green power, as well as instructions for an experiment.
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
It's the spring semester, and Airi Sano is on top of the world! Her grades are up, she has real friends at her side, and she's joined the school play. She's even keeping out of trouble and toning down the pranks! But when the play falls victim to some truly awful pranks, everyone immediately suspects that Airi is behind them. As suspicion mounts, it's up to her to solve the mystery and clear her own name before the imposter strikes again. Sounds like...
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Alexis, a 12-year-old native Hawaiian, is terrified of the ocean and the creatures that live there because of an encounter she had early in her life with a moray eel. Her mother, a civilian contractor for the Navy, likes to give Alexis elaborate puzzles to solve when she's away on assignments. One puzzle gets her working for her grumpy neighbor, who everyone calls Uncle Tanaka, helping him gather marine samples. She has to use all her problem-solving...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A girl who created a fake boyfriend to impress her family is shocked when the fictional boy shows up on her family vacation to Hawaii"--
Aspiring nature photographer Kenzie Reed just can't get her straitlaced family of optometrists to take her art seriously. She's resigned to putting aside her dreams and accepting the depressing life that awaits her at the family business. She even makes up a fake, boring boyfriend-Jacob-to get her parents off her...
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"An empowering celebration of identity, acceptance and Hawaiian culture based on the true story of a young girl in Hawai'i who dreams of leading the boys-only hula troupe at her school. Ho'onani feels in-between. She doesn't see herself as wahine (girl) OR kane (boy). She's happy to be in the middle. But not everyone sees it that way. When Ho'onani finds out that there will be a school performance of a traditional kane hula chant, she wants to be...
37) Summer Bird Blue
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying she doesn't have the answers to everything. What to eat, where to go, whom to love. But there is one thing she is absolutely sure of-she wants to spend the rest of her life writing music with her younger sister, Lea. Then Lea dies in a car accident, and her mother sends her away to live with her aunt in Hawaii while she deals with her own grief. Now thousands of miles from home, Rumi struggles to navigate the...
Author
Series
Nancy Drew clue books volume 14
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
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.
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 15
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"The Thea Sisters are in Hawaii to compete in an international hula festival. The mouselets are having a great time -- until they learn that the festival is located on the side of a volcano that is about to erupt! No one else seems know about the danger. The Thea Sisters don't have any time to lose!"--P. [4] of cover.
40) Aloha everything
Author
Publisher
Red Comet Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Since the day that Ano was born, her heart has been connected to her home. But, this adventurous child has a lot to learn! When Ano begins to dance hula -- a storytelling dance form that carries the knowledge, history, and folklore of the Hawaiian people -- Ano comes to understand the true meaning of aloha.
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