A review by rachel_wilson
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert

5.0

What a unique and fascinating story. I could not put this book down, and read it in two days. It follows a young girl who contracts leprosy in the last few years of the 1800's and her life with all of the struggles of being a leper. It covered many points of history (starting with the the Haiwaiian kings all the way through Pearl Harbor) alongside her personal story. I cried several times at the difficult life she lived but the story was beautifully written.