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|a9781250787316|q(pbk.)|cUS$18.00
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|aeng
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|aWashburn, Kawai Strong|d1980-
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|aSharks in the time of saviors|cKawai Strong Washburn.
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|a1st Picador pbk. ed.
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|aNew York|bMCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux|c2021.
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|a388 p.|c21 cm.
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|aIncludes discussion questions.
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|aReading group guide.
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|aIn 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship into the Pacific Ocean. When a shiver of sharks appears in the water, everyone fears for the worst. But instead, Noa is gingerly delivered to his mother in the jaws of a shark, marking his story as the stuff of legends. Nainoa's family, struggling amidst the collapse of the sugarcane industry, hails his rescue as a sign of favor from ancient Hawaiian gods - a belief that appears validated after he exhibits puzzling new abilities. But as time passes, this supposed divine favor begins to drive the family apart: Nainoa, working now as a paramedic on the streets of Portland, struggles to fathom the full measure of his expanding abilities; further north in Washington, his older brother Dean hurtles into the world of elite college athletics, obsessed with wealth and fame; while in California, risk- obsessed younger sister Kaui navigates an unforgiving academic workload in an attempt to forge her independence from the family's legacy. When supernatural events revisit the Flores family in Hawai'i - this time with tragic consequences - they are all forced to reckon with the bonds of family, the meaning of heritage, and the cost of survival.
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|aBrothers and sisters|vFiction.
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|aFamilies|vFiction.
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|aMythology|vFiction.
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|aSharks|vFiction.
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|aAnimal heroes|vFiction.
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|aHawaii|vFiction.
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|aPEN/Hemingway Award 2021
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