Rachel had the best life in her home in Honolulu, with her sister Sarah, two brothers, and her mother. Her father was a sailor who's gone for most of the time, but was the picture of a great father to his baby Rachel. But at age 7, a rosy mark appears on Rachels skin that would change her life forever.
Banished from her loving family under the pretense of Leprosy, Rachel finds herself living in Moloka'i (a famous leprosy settlement)where you follow her story as she learns that nothing lasts forever as she loses a lot due to the disease.
For a historically based novel, this has surely become one of my favorite, although it is generally a sad book.