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gilded with butter and a bright splash of lemon and orange juice

dominate the stories

back to a time when sugar was king along the Hāmākua coast of Hawaiʻi Island

Set 4 / Independent Reader

plunging the entire town of Hilo

Lien Apinam birth-2 gilded with butter and aLien Apinam is a legendary story based on an actual event from Lukunor, Chuuk, in Micronesia. The story teaches the important values and roles that women, men, and children have in their own survival. Lien Apinam, the protagonist, is a girl who channels the spirit of her ancestry to courageously stand in opposition to cultural protocol in order to save her island peoples from the atrocities of invasion and warfare. Her empowering and bold decision