The Healers / Kimo Armitage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armitage, Kimo, 1968- author.

Contributor:

De Gruyter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Healers--Hawaii--Juvenile fiction.

Healers.

Hawaii.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages)

Contained In:

De Gruyter University Press Library.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

text file PDF

Summary:

With roots firmly in the oral storytelling tradition, Kimo Armitage's The Healers weaves multiple narrators and time periods into a novel of remarkable breadth, giving insight into Hawaiian culture where nature, man, and the spirit world coexist seamlessly. Echoing the voices of long ago, the book celebrates the connection to stories of Hawaii as once told by grandparents and great-grandparents. In the world of The Healers, family and place are revered and aloha is heartfelt. Cousins Keola and Pua, chosen as the next generation of healers by their family, initially have an idyllic life as respected apprentice healers. Their days are spent training with their grandmother, investigating the healing properties of plants, and treating ailments of community and family members. Troubling dreams, however, foreshadow a sea change to come. One day, Pua meets and is immediately attracted to Tiki, a descendant of a powerful healing family from Tahiti, who has been mysteriously abandoned by his parents. Months later, Keola is sent across the island to train with Laka, the family's most knowledgeable healer, who was born with no arms or legs. A life-threatening challenge awaits this close-knit unit, and they must call upon generations of ancestral knowledge and skill to save those that stand at the precipice of death.This compelling novel fills a gap in the Hawaiian literary canon of works for young adult readers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

1. Great Was the Cousins' Love for Each Other

2. Th e Wound without Blood

3. A Story from Tutu

4. Portal of the Sun

5. Beloved Is the Shark, Kaleihepule

6. Kaloko

7. The Dark

8. The Breath of Crabs

9. Answers in the Forest

10. The Surf Beckons

11. Wrath of the Centipedes

12. A Story from Tutu

13. Pig Clouds

14. Muiona

15. Rise of the Healers

16. Offering

17. The Gift

18. Tutu Tells a Story

19. Blood on His Hands

20. Lovey Helekunihi Tells a Story

21. A Gift of Flagtail

22. Keola Tells a Story to Kale Helekunihi

23. The Sea Spray of Puaena

24. Keola Begins His Journey

25. Choices

26. Pua Makes a Decision

27. The Sickness of Ahi

28. A Map of Man

29. Tutu's Story

30. The Last Word

31. The Leaf Lives

32. Lei

33. Keola Dreams of the Woman with the Shark's Mouth on Her Back

34. Pua and Keola

35. The Fisherman's Chant

36. The Pathways of Kanaloa

37. Tutu Observes the Clouds

38. Regarding the Children's Great Love for Each Other

39. The Leaping Spirits of Kaena

40. Tutu Recalls the Revivification of Kawanana

41. The Healers

42. Tutu Talks about the Death of Kawanana

43. Ceremony of Water

About the Author. About the Cover Artist

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)

ISBN:

9780824866808

OCLC:

947838220

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.