560 ratings | 17 reviews | avg rating:4.04

more photos (1)

Lehua's Bookshelves

read (563)
currently-reading (0)
to-read (13)
children-s-favorites (0)
favorites (8)
hawaii-favorites (10)

Lehua’s Friends (290)

Rebecca

79 books | 1,834 friends

Jolene Perry

217 books | 1,838 friends

Emily Tippetts

104 books | 1,485 friends

Derick Hudson

3 books | 6,117 friends

Amy Lamont

148 books | 3,229 friends

Robert Roberts

8 books | 2,519 friends

Evelyn

13 books | 739 friends

Noelle Blakely

54 books | 762 friends

More friends…

Lehua Parker

Goodreads author profile

url

http://www.goodreads.com/LehuaParker

born

The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.LehuaParker.com

twitter username

LehuaParker

genre

Young Adult, Fantasy, Children's

influences

Hawaiian history, Pop Culture, and island-style writing.

member since

January 2012

About this author

edit data

Lehua Parker is originally from Hawaii and a graduate of The Kamehameha Schools and Brigham Young University. So far she has been a live television director, a school teacher, a courseware manager, an instructional designer, a sports coach, a theater critic, a SCUBA instructor, a poet, a web designer, a mother, and a wife. Her debut novel, One Boy, No Water is the first book in her MG/YA series the Niuhi Shark Saga. She currently lives in Utah with her husband, two children, two cats, two dogs, six horses, and assorted chickens. During the snowy Utah winters she dreams about the beach.

99 posts
Lehua Parker's Blog

Character Haiku: Jay

A bikini smiles

sunlight on golden tan, the

whispered promise sure.

~Jay

View more on Lehua Parker's website »

0 comments

• like •

Published on May 16, 2013 05:43

View all 99 posts »

combine editions
Lehua Parker's Books

Average rating: 4.50 · 16 ratings · 8 reviews · 1 distinct work · Similar authors

One Boy, No Water (Niuhi Shark Saga, #1)
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

Lehua’s Writing

Tourists (Horror)

1 chapters — updated Nov 14, 2012 02:10pm

Description: A short story featuring characters from the Niuhi Shark Saga. While the series is appropriate for middle grade readers, the following story is not.

One Boy, No Water (Children's Books)

1 chapters — updated Nov 12, 2012 12:59pm

Description: This is the first chapter of ONE BOY, NO WATER.

rss
Lehua's Recent Updates

Lehua Parker wrote a new blog post: Character Haiku: Jay Character Haiku: Jay A bikini smiles sunlight on golden tan, the whispered promise sure. ~Jay read more »
May 16, 2013 06:15pm · like
Lehua Parker made a comment on Rag Rug Blues: "Ann Marie wrote: "True love can't be torn asunder, Lehua. Those cats are going to show you even more love as Summer approaches." Ugh! Can't wait... "
May 16, 2013 11:38am
Lehua Parker rated a book 4 of 5 stars Ho'opono by Pali, Jae Lee read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Pono is a complex Hawaiian word with connotations of righteousness, balance, and propriety. It’s one of the themes I try to develop in the Niuhi Shark Saga as characters make choices that place them in or out of being pono. Ho‘o means to do or make; s...more
May 14, 2013 09:40am · see review
Lehua Parker rated a book 5 of 5 stars Up in the Air by Ann Marie Meyers	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 13, 2013 01:38pm
Lehua Parker rated a book 4 of 5 stars Almost Paradise by Laurie Hanan (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
As a mail carrier in Kaneohe, Hawaii, Louise Golden brings a little aloha to the people along her route. When elderly Conchita Santos doesn’t meet her at the mailbox for the first time in two years, Louise goes looking. The house is unlocked, Pipsque...more
May 07, 2013 01:00am · see review
Lehua Parker made a comment on her review of FOR EVERY ACTION There Are Consequences "It's not surprising that the latest census figures show that there are far more Hawaiians living outside of Hawai`i than in it. Pepper Bibeau, the cen...more "
Apr 30, 2013 11:42am · see review
Lehua Parker rated a book 4 of 5 stars FOR EVERY ACTION There Are Consequences by Gail M. Baugniet (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 30, 2013 11:41am
Lehua Parker rated a book 4 of 5 stars Fairy Godmothers, Inc. by Jenniffer Wardell (Goodreads Author) read in March, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
What do you do when you’re a matchmaker with an iron-clad wish-fulfillment contract to make Rellie’s happily ever after happen with the heir to the throne of Somewhere, but not only is the prince unwilling, he’s gone missing and the new-found love of...more
Apr 23, 2013 01:33pm · see review
Lehua Parker rated a book 4 of 5 stars Blood Orchids (Lei Crime, #1) by Toby Neal (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
We are all products of our pasts, a combination of long ago childhood experiences and what we ate last night. Like an order of deluxe saimin noodles, Blood Orchids, the first book in The Lei Crime Series by Toby Neal is a multi-layered and nuanced mu...more
Apr 16, 2013 12:40pm · see review