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May 16, 2010
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Molokai – Alan Brennert
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Rachel Kalama is a typical 5 year-old girl. She is mischievous, imaginative and affectionate. She exasperates her mother, fights with her sister and delights her father….. until she is diagnosed with leprosy. In the late 19th century, leprosy is a death sentence. With no known cure or adequate treatment, the only preventative measure available is a drastic form of quarantine. Rachel is separated from her family and removed to the leper colony on Molokai.
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4 stars
Rachel Kalama is a typical 5 year-old girl. She is mischievous, imaginative and affectionate. She exasperates her mother, fights with her sister and delights her father….. until she is diagnosed with leprosy. In the late 19th century, leprosy is a death sentence. With no known cure or adequate treatment, the only preventative measure available is a drastic form of quarantine. Rachel is separated from her family and removed to the leper colony on Molokai.
Fortunatel ...more
What an amazing book. This story of a girl seperated from her family at the age of six and exiled to suffer from leprosy alone should have been tragic, but it wasn't. It was a story about there being beauty in everything, and your family are those who surround and love you, whether or not they are related.
Though the story is fiction, the historical parts are accuate and fasciating. ...more
Though the story is fiction, the historical parts are accuate and fasciating. ...more
Brilliant novel about the beauty and tragedy of Mokokai-- the island where many Hawaiians were exiled when diagnosed with Hansen's disease (otherwise known as leprosy). It's an excellent choice for book clubs.
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A very interesting book about a girl who contracts leprocy and grows up on an isolated island in Hawaii. I loved this book. It was a great read.
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Story of the original lepor colonies in Hawaii told from the perspective of the natives
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