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3 Can’t-Miss Children’s and Teen Reads for June

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By Kealani Netane, Malia Maunakea, Kristiana Kahakauwila
| HONOLULU Magazine Verified
Local literature is always on our radar, but this month is extra special as we welcome new and debut young reader books from three phenomenal Pasifika authors! We are so fortunate to stock Kealani Netane’s empowering picture book Tala Learns to Siva, Kristiana Kahakauwila’s first young adult novel Clairboyance and Malia Maunakea’s highly anticipated follow-up to her celebrated debut, Lei and the Invisible Island.
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LEI AND THE INVISIBLE ISLAND

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By Malia Maunakea, Jeff Kinney, Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao
| Kirkus Reviews Verified
Lei and her companions travel to an invisible island from Hawaiian legend to find her best friend’s stolen pendant in this thrilling sequel. Biracial (Hawaiian and Polish) Lei, who now goes by her Hawaiian name, wants a good rest after rescuing bestie Kaipo, who’s also her ʻaumakua (or ancestral guardian) from fire goddess Pele. Unfortunately, Kaipo is missing his protective pendant, and without it, he’ll become a troublemaker and then a kuewa, or wandering spirit.
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Local Author Spotlight: A pre-teen’s fictional Hawaiian adventure, a look at Black cowboys in the West and more local titles

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By Nancy Williams, Malia Maunakea, Kika Dorsey, Elias Amidon
| Broomfield Enterprise Verified
Black Cowboys and Early Cattle Drives By Nancy Williams Nonfiction, 160 pages, arcadiapublishing.com Summary: After the Civil War, emancipated slaves who didn’t want to pick cotton or operate an elevator headed west to find work and a new life. Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving drove 2,000 longhorn cattle across southern Texas, blazing a trail to Bosque Redondo in New Mexico. In 1866, the new Goodnight-Loving Trail was crowded with cattle that were headed for a government market.
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