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Curses aren't real.
At least, that's what twelve-year-old, part-Hawaiian Anna Leilani Kama?ehu 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 Hawai?i to visit her T?t?, she has no interest in becoming the heir to her family's history; she?s set on having a touristy, fun vacation. But when she accidentally destroys Pele the fire goddess's lehua blossom, a giant hawk swoops in and kidnaps her best friend, and she quickly learns just how real these mo?olelo are.
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.