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your calendars! Here you'll find a reading schedule to keep you on track
while reading Moloka'i.
Please remember that this is only a guide - if you can't put the book
down, don't!
Have questions, want to voice your opinion, can't figure something
out about the book? Visit the Avid
Reader Book Club folder in the forums where an ongoing discussion
about the book will take place.
February - March
| February 15 - 24 |
Read the opening third of the book. |
• Was the 18th century Hawaiian government's
isolation of patients on Moloka'i justified?
• Imagine yourself in the place of Rachel’s mother,
Dorothy Kalama. How would you have handled the situation? |
| February 25 - March 5 |
Read the second third of the book. |
• What does surfing represent to Rachel?
• Rachel's full name is Rachel Aouli Kalama Utagawa. What
does each of her names represent? |
| March 5 - 15 |
Finish the book. |
• Rachel's mother, Dorothy, embraced Christianity; her
adopted auntie, Haleola, is a believer in the old Hawaiian religion.
What does Rachel believe in?
• Did you as a reader regard Leilani as a man or a woman?
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