Catalog Search Results
1) Eruption
Author
Language
English
Description
"A history-making eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the US military is far more terrifying than any volcano."--
2) Moloka'i
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Seven-year-old Rachel is forcibly removed from her family's 1890s Honolulu home when she contracts leprosy and is placed in a settlement, where she loses a series of new friends before new medical discoveries enable her to reenter the world.
Author
Series
Regan Reilly mysteries volume 10
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Regan Reilly and her best friend, Kit, are on vacation in Honolulu, intent on having a Hawaiian adventure. They won't be disappointed! When we last saw L.A.-based private detective Regan Reilly, she'd recently become engaged. On the opening pages of Burned, Regan gets a call from Kit, urging her to come to Hawaii for one last girls' weekend before she ties the knot. The snowstorm of the century is blanketing the East Coast. Regan can't get to New...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this wickedly satiric romp, Paul Theroux captures the essence of Hawaii as it has never been depicted. The novel's narrator, a down-on-his-luck writer, escapes to Waikiki and soon finds himself the manager of the Hotel Honolulu, a low-rent establishment a few blocks off the beach. Honeymooners, vacationers, wanderers, mythomaniacs, soldiers, and families all check in to the hotel. Like the Canterbury pilgrims, every guest has come in search of...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
1943. As war in the Pacific rages on, Isabel Cooper and her codebreaker colleagues huddle in "the dungeon" at Station HYPO in Pearl Harbor, deciphering secrets plucked from the airwaves in a race to bring down the enemy. Isabel has only one wish: to avenge her brother's death. But she soon finds life has other plans when she meets his best friend, a hotshot pilot with secrets of his own. 1965. Fledgling journalist Lu Freitas comes home to Hawai'i...
7) Eden burning
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A scientist finds new love and healing for his broken heart in Hawaii.
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 2
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Calvin tries to earn money to buy Stella, the babysitter, a present for her sixteenth birthday because he feels guilty for taking advantage of her allergy to cats.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Daniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawai'i. He has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to revisit the past, unlike his Uncle Koji. Koji lives with the memories of Daniel's mother, Mariko, the love of his life, and the scars of a life hard-lived. He can't wait to see Daniel, who he's always thought of as a son, but he knows the time has come to tell him the truth about his mother, and his...
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 4
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Calvin gets a school assignment to do some original research, he decides to investigate his dog's stinky breath and ends up learning about more than just smells.
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Syd, a breathtakingly beautiful supermodel on a photo shoot in Hawaii, disappears and LA Times reporter Ben Hawkins, hoping to help the victim and get an idea for his next bestseller, gets a shocking visit that pushes him into an impossible-to-resist deal with the devil in this heart-pounding story of beauty and murder.
15) Heroes
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - Tweens
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Summer Reading List ALSC 2024 Gr. 6-8
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Summer Reading List ALSC 2024 Gr. 6-8
Description
December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the boys get a front-row view of the huge battleships and the sparkling water. Yes, World War II is raging in Europe and in Asia, but the US isn't involved in the war, and the boys are free to dream about becoming comic book creators. They've even invented a superhero of their own, in the style of Batman, Superman, Captain...
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 6
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Fourth-grader Cal learns a lot about teasing and standing up for others when a weird new student joins his class, while Stella, the tenth-grader who lives with Cal's family to help his mother, practices for her driving test.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 15
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"The Thea Sisters are in Hawaii to compete in an international hula festival. The mouselets are having a great time -- until they learn that the festival is located on the side of a volcano that is about to erupt! No one else seems know about the danger. The Thea Sisters don't have any time to lose!"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - More Tweens
Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
Description
Nine-year-old Calvin catches the attention of the school bully on the day before he starts fourth grade, while at home, the unfriendly, fifteen-year-old daughter of his mother's best friend has taken over his room.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request