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Kapaemahu
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson
Illustrator: Daniel Sousa
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Kokila/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-53006-1
Keywords: Hawaii, legends, monuments, healing, mahuindigenous, colonization, gender identity
The buried sacred stones of the mahu - dual female/male spirit individuals who brought healing to Hawaii - have been recovered, but the erasure of their history continues. Somber, striking illustrations. Bilingual in Olelo Niihau and English.