One Boy, No Water - (Niuhi Shark Saga) 5th Edition by Lehua Parker (Paperback)

About the Book

Set in contemporary Hawaii and told from an indigenous perspective, ONE BOY, NO WATER, explores belonging, bullying, adoption, being different, and learning to turn weaknesses into strengths. 2017 Hawaii Children's Choice Nene Award Nominee.

Book Synopsis

When you're allergic to water, growing up in Hawaii isn't always paradise.

Everybody loves Jay.

I love my brother, too. Sometimes I wish I could be him--a surfing star instead of the weird kid allergic to water, the Blalahs' favorite punching bag.

But that's not the worst of it.

In the middle of the night, I dream. There's a mysterious girl who lives in a magical place and acts like she knows me better than I know myself. We hide from the Man with Too Many Teeth. Some nights I wake up with my heart pounding and the urge to eat raw meat.

It's just a dream, right?

But then I saw him, the Man with Too Many Teeth, walking along the reef at Piko Point.

Not even Jay can protect me now.

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One Boy, No Water is Book 1 in the Niuhi Shark Saga trilogy. Told from an indigenous perspective and set in a contemporary Hawaiian world where all the Hawaiian myths and legends are real, the series explores belonging, adoption, being different, bullying, defining family, and learning to turn weaknesses into strengths.

Through the series, Zader discovers he's not really a boy allergic to water; he's something much more special, dangerous, and powerful. His adoptive brother Jay discovers what happens when the golden surfing star falls from his pedestal and has to choose to make the long climb back from serious injury. It's the ties that bind and support the brothers that allow them to create their own destinies.

As typical local islanders, characters use common Hawaiian and Pidgin words and phrases. The meaning is usually clear from the context, but there is also a Hawaiian & Pidgin Glossary for additional support. Each chapter begins with a related island word or phrase and its definitions. A Discussion Guide for book club or classroom use is included. Free additional classroom support materials are available on www.NiuhiSharkSaga.com.

One Boy, No Water, Book 1 in the Niuhi Shark Saga, was a 2017 Nene Award Nominee. The Nene Award is Hawaii's Children's Choice Book Award recognizing outstanding literary works.

Review Quotes

"...One Boy, No Water is a colorful island tale and a modern take on various aspects of Hawaiian legend...Lehua Parker has written a lovely book for an age group often ignored." --Hawai'i Reads

"...Original, magic, true, funny, and hard to put down." --Sue Cowling, award-winning author of You Will Call Me Drog and My Dog has Flies: Poetry for Hawai'i's Kids

"What made this story special for me was the window it provided into the society of island children as they struggle for self-identity in the often chop-suey mix of multi-ethnicity and pecking order politics."
--Kirby Wright, author of Punahou Blues & Moloka'i Nui Ahina

"Parker does an amazing job of weaving the mystery of who and what Zader is throughout the story. Even more outstanding is her ability to infuse other mythologies into the action, which only serve to
heighten the secrecy surrounding Zader. The truth will boggle the mind."--Ann Marie Meyers, author of Up in the Air

"Lehua Parker hits one out of the park with One Boy, No Water...She absorbs the reader in the story to the extent they forget it is a children's book. Her debut novel dangles the bait, sets the hook, reels us in." --Penny Freeman, editor-in-chief, Xychler Publishing