Hard Skin

by Melissa Llanes Brownlee

Book Overview

Hard Skin is a short story collection set on the Big Island of Hawaii. Written in Standard American English and Hawaiian Pidgin Creole, these stories are filled with family, myths, legends, magic, ghosts, death as experienced by the main characters growing up in Hawaii. Interwoven throughout these stories are the effects of American capitalism, religious indoctrination, cultural appropriation and multi-generational trauma. "Talking Story about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1953447384
• ISBN13: 9781953447388
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Juventud Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary