Green Mango Magic

By Sylvie Hossack

Book Overview

Maile has been lonely since her mother died and her father and brother left their Hawaiian home. She spends most days with her grandmother-until a girl named Brooke arrives from the mainland. At last Maile has a friend her own age, one who understands her problems-because she has a few of her own. Brooke is funny and spunky. She doesn't even make a big deal about being treated for cancer and losing all her hair. Maile is happy againuntil she begins to worry that Brooke will get sick and Maile will lose her new friend, too. Maile has heard of magical Hawaiian cures and hopes to get Brooke healthy with a diet of poi and a visit to a kahuna , a healer who lives in the mountains. Instead, Maile discovers the real island magic of ho'oponopono , "how to make things right again," and through her desire to cure Brooke learns the secret to healing her own broken heart. 00-01 Young Reader's Choice Award Program Masterlist

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380796015
• ISBN13: 9780380796014
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.3" x 5.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable Reading!

The characters were well-crafted, the setting was vivid, and the plot moved along quickly in this heart-warming book. Maile comes to terms with her own problems while helping her cancer-striken friend, Brooke, come to terms with her illness. Maile has a loving family and good friends that help her through.

Thoughtful and intruiging

This is a charming, thoughtful story of two very different girls--a native Hawaiian and a haole girl from Seattle--and how their friendship grows as they each face difficult issues. Having lost her mother in a tsunami, Maile (My-lee) resents her father leaving her with her grandmother in order to go to the mainland with his new wife. As Maile contemplates her hurt and anger, Brooke comes to live on the island. Brooke, as Maile quickly discovers, has cancer--and Maile suddenly has much to ponder about healing and forgiveness. The details and language are wonderful, and Sylvie beautifully captures her characters' thoughts and feelings. I look forward to more books from her!