num_pages: 405
description: Set in Hawai'i more than a century ago, this is the story of Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, who 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.
language: English
title: Moloka'i
titlecomplete: Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1)
characters: Henry Kalama, Kapono "Uncle Pono" Kalama, Haleola, Rachel Kalama, Sarah Kalama
genres: Audiobook, Coming Of Age, Book Club, Historical, Historical Fiction, Cultural, Novels, Adult Fiction, Adult, Fiction
ratings_count: 127312
places: Molokai, Hawaii, Hawaii
series: Moloka'i
awards: awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: One Book One San Diego
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin