
Finding Aloha
Jennifer Walker(Author)
Finch Books (Publisher)
Published on 22. February 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
302 pages
978-1-83943-759-5 (ISBN)
Description
Jess moves to Maui anticipating a world of beaches, boys and bikinis. Romance with a passionate local and the discovery that her presence puts his family at risk? Not in the tourist brochure.
Her mother is having a baby with a man who is not her father, and her best friend has been secretly dating her boyfriend. Seventeen-year-old Jess Kennedy desperately needs a new life.
When her father accepts a job offer in Maui, Jess feels like this could be the fresh start she craves. The island's beauty and charm provide a stark contrast to her home back in Canada. But the elite social hierarchy of Maui Gardens Charter School proves to be a thorny world to navigate.
Then in swoops Kai Kamealoha, a surf-loving Maui local with a fierce loyalty to his family and a passion for preserving his home's natural beauty. Kai shows Jess that Maui is much more than the sun, surf and sand of tourism brochures, and he introduces her to an authentic look at Hawaiian life.
Jess can't help but fall in love with Maui-and maybe with Kai Kamealoha as well. So, when she discovers that a real estate developer is forcing Kai's family to sell their ancestral farm, she's determined to help him find a way to save it. But digging deeper exposes a duplicity within her own family. Her presence there may be putting Kai's family in jeopardy. Leaving the island for good may be her only option.
More details
Language
English
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 13 to 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
383 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83943-759-5 (9781839437595)
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