Floating Islands: Kamehameha Meets Kapena Kuke

Kana'iaupuni #5

by David Kawika Eyre, Imaikalani Kalahele (Illustrator)

Floating Islands is the fifth in a twelve-book series on the life of Kamehameha. Based on Hawaiian sources and years of research, the story sheds new light on people and places that influenced Kamehameha's development as a powerful leader. A work of historical fiction, Floating Islands depicts a major event that occurred in late eighteenth-century Hawai' Western contact and the death of British explorer James Cook. The book sets the stage for Kamehameha's lifelong quest to unify the Hawaiian Islands.

35 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

David L. "Kawika" Eyre is a schoolteacher and author of books on Hawaii for children and adults.