false 3273 6 This richly imagined novel, set in Hawaii more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a little-known time and place - and a deeply moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit. Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, dreams of visiting far-off lands like her father, a merchant seaman. Then one day a rose-colored mark appears on her skin, and those dreams are stolen from her. Taken from her home and family, Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Moloka'i. Here her life is supposed to end---but instead she discovers it is only just beginning. With a vibrant cast of vividly realized characters, Moloka'i is the true-to-life chronicle of a people who embraced life in the face of death. 3303291 2003 Moloka'i total:3876|5:1516|4:1592|3:635|2:107|1:26| 3876 16093 5896 1084 3 3 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 26 08:49:29 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 08 08:44:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 19:47:35 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 09:41:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 11:14:23 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 08:14:28 -0800 2008
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The story follows the life of Rachel, who at the age of 7(?) is suspected of having leprosy an...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 17:52:40 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 09:08:38 -0700 2008
Moloka'i was a leper ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 18:17:56 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 18:17:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 22 18:56:08 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 09:13:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false true Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jul 06 12:53:10 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 13 21:12:14 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Dec 21 09:59:17 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 18:26:50 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 09:46:05 -0800 2007
Unfortunately, the writing was very flat. The author is a LA screenwriter and ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 14:57:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 16:10:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 09:33:15 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 10:12:49 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 03 02:17:23 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 02:19:06 -0700 2009 Moloka’i, written by Alan Brennert, is a historical fiction about the “leper colony” in Kalaupapa on the island Moloka’i, part of Hawaii. The story begins with 5 year old Rachel Kalama in Honolulu in 1891. She has many brothers and sisters and loving parents. However, she contracts leprosy a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 20:31:29 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 20:12:48 -0800 2009 It's devastating for a family to have a "leper" in the family. They become outcasts in the socie...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 06:40:40 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 09:01:03 -0800 2009
The writing, the characters, the plot, the pacing, it was all wonderful.

What I respected and was amazed at most of all was the scope of this novel. Not only did it cover over 70 years, it also delved into a lot: family relations, separa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 08:39:38 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 08:39:58 -0700 2009 Moloka'i by O.A. Bushnell (read in 2007) or Moloka'i by Alan Brennert (finished this week). Both books are set are set in the period of Hawaiian history when people who suffered from Hansen's Disease (back then known as leprosy) were taken forcibly from friends...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 09:14:04 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 07:33:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 08:50:49 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 13:57:53 -0700 2009 It is a hearbreadking story of love and loss and what being a family truly means. It shows in great detail what ones Ohana is and that often it isn't your blood relations.Rachel found hers i...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 11:14:47 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 12:33:11 -0700 2009 more...]]>