TY - SER KW - Person affected by leprosy KW - Molokai KW - leprosy KW - History KW - Hawaii KW - 19th century AU - Hostetter J AB -

When teenaged Pia is sent to Hawaii's leprosy settlement on Molokai Island in the 1860s, he chooses anger and self-reliance as his means of survival, but the faithful example of other villagers and one remarkable priest threaten to destroy his desire for revenge.

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Joyce Moyer Hostetter

CN - 130.9 HOS b CY - Honesdale, Pa. ET - 1st ed. LA - eng M3 - fiction N1 -

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-216). Ages: 10 and up

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When teenaged Pia is sent to Hawaii's leprosy settlement on Molokai Island in the 1860s, he chooses anger and self-reliance as his means of survival, but the faithful example of other villagers and one remarkable priest threaten to destroy his desire for revenge.

PB - Calkins Creek PP - Honesdale, Pa. PY - 2008 SN - 978-1590785140 EP - 217 p. TI - Healing water : an Hawaiian story ER -