Punahou Blues
Subtitle: A Hawaiian Novel
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Lemon Shark Press
Published: May 2005
Place of publication: San Diego
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780974106717
First sentence: It was Saturday morning and my mother was in the kitchen boiling an egg.
Description: Growing up in Honolulu isn't all it's cracked up to be for Jeffrey Gill. After he gets into prestigious Punahou School, his rite of passage includes losing the babe of his dreams to a creep, surviving Killahaole Day, and getting pushed around by the school bully. In the world of academics, Jeff knows he's hardly Stanford material. Uncle Sharkey teaches Jeff the sweet science and he beefs his arch enemy at Waialae Golf Course. He salvages his senior year by getting into a mainland college and taking a foxy girl to the Senior Prom. But he must wait until graduation night to find out if the feelings he has for her are mutual.
Notes: This is President Obama's school in Honolulu, Hawaii.