![]() ![]() ![]() Moloka'i was discovered by explorers in the late eighteenth century. It is known as “The Friendly Isle,” a perhaps ironic moniker for an island that housed a leper colony for more than one hundred years. Moloka'i is a work of fiction based upon the actual history of a group of resilient people who embraced life in the face of death.Īuthor alan brennertMoloka'i is the fifth-largest of the islands that make up the Hawaiian Island Chain. But for little Rachel, life is only just beginning. Torn from her home and family, Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the beautiful island of Moloka'i where her life is supposed to end. But after a rose-colored mark appears on her skin, those dreams are forever stolen from her. She dreams of visiting distant lands like her father, a merchant seaman. Rachel Kalama is a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, growing up in Honolulu in 1893. ![]()
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