Malia Maunakea's thrilling Hawaiian debut—now in paperback! Curses aren't real. At least
that's what twelve-year-old part-Hawaiian Anna Leilani Kamaʻehu thinks when she listens to her
grandmother's folktales about sacred flowers and family guardians. Anna's friends back home in
Colorado don't believe in legends either. They're more interested in science and sports—real
tangible things that stand in total contrast to Anna’s family’s embarrassing stories. So when
Anna goes back to Hawaiʻi to visit her Tūtū she has no interest in becoming the heir to her
family’s history she’s set on having a touristy fun vacation. But when Anna accidentally
insults Pele the fire goddess by destroying her lehua blossom a giant hawk swoops in and
kidnaps her best friend and she quickly learns just how real these moʻolelo are. In order to
save her friends and family Anna must now battle mythical creatures team up with demigods and
talking bats and evade the traps Pele hurls her way. For if Anna hopes to undo the curse she
will have to dig deep into her Hawaiian roots and learn to embrace all of who she is.
