Ho'onani : hula warrior / Heather Gale ; illustrated by Mika Song.
Material type:
TextPublisher: [Toronto, Ont.] : Tundra Books, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 38 unumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 23 x 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780735264496
- 073526449X
- Place in the middle (Motion picture)
- Kamai, Hoʻonani -- Juvenile fiction
- Wong-Kalu, Hinaleimoana -- Juvenile fiction
- Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
- Gender identity -- Juvenile fiction
- Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction
- Hula (Dance) -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- Hawaii -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | My Body | Gale Heather | Available | 33111009563236 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Based on a true story, Ho'onani: Hula Warrior is a celebration of Hawaiian culture and an empowering story of a girl who learns to lead and learns to accept who she really is - and in doing so, gains the respect of all those around her.
Based on the documentary A place in the middle by filmmakers Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson, with Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong-Kalu.
Ho'onani feels in-between. She doesn't see herself as wahine (girl) or kane (boy). She's happy to be in the middle. But not everyone feels the same. When Ho'onani finds out that there will be a school performance of a traditional kane hula chant, she wants to be part of it. But can a girl really lead the all-male troupe? Ho'onani has to try... Based on a true story, Ho'onani: Hula Warrior is a celebration of Hawaiian culture and an empowering story of a girl who learns to lead and learns to accept who she really is -- and in doing so, gains the respect of all those around her.