Dragonfruit

Makiia Lucier, Mapuana Makia

eAudio - 2024

An Asian/Pacific American Award Honor BookA USA TODAY bestsellerOne of NPR's 2024 ""Books We Love""A Kirkus Best Book of 2024A School Library Journal Best Book of 2024A New York Public Library Best Book of 2024From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythology. In the old tales, it is written that the egg of a seadragon, dragonfruit, holds within it the power to undo a person's greatest sorrow. But as with all things that offer hope when hope had gone, the tale came with a warning.Every wish demands a price.Hanalei of Tamarind is the cherished daughter of an old island family. But when her father steals a seadragon egg meant for an ailing princess, she is forc...ed into a life of exile. In the years that follow, Hanalei finds solace in... more