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Ho`onani
by Heather Gale
Illustrator: Mika Song
Ages: 6+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-7352-6449-6
Keywords: Gender identity, LGBTQ, Diversity, Hawaii
Ho'onani's parents support her feelings that she is neither wahine (girl) or kane (boy) and a performance in a traditional kane hula chant. Black ink and watercolor illustrations.