| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 38 min.)) : digital. |
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spoken word spw rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Access |
Instant title available through hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Kaleo Griffith, Jolene Kim, Tui Asau, G. K. Bowes. |
| Summary |
Sharks in the Time of Saviors is a groundbreaking debut novel that folds the legends of Hawaiian gods into an engrossing family saga; a story of exile and the pursuit of salvation from Kawai Strong Washburn. In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship into the Pacific Ocean. When a shiver of sharks appears in the water, everyone fears for the worst. But instead, Noa is gingerly delivered to his mother in the jaws of a shark, marking his story as the stuff of legends. Nainoas family, struggling amidst the collapse of the sugarcane industry, hails his rescue as a sign of favor from ancient Hawaiian gods - a belief that appears validated after he exhibits puzzling new abilities. But as time passes, this supposed divine favor begins to drive the family apart: Nainoa, working now as a paramedic on the streets of Portland, struggles to fathom the full measure of his expanding abilities; further north in Washington, his older brother Dean hurtles into the world of elite college athletics, obsessed with wealth and fame; while in California, risk-obsessed younger sister Kaui navigates an unforgiving academic workload in an attempt to forge her independence from the familys legacy. When supernatural events revisit the Flores family in Hawaii - with tragic consequences - they are all forced to reckon with the bonds of family, the meaning of heritage, and the cost of survival. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Families -- Fiction.
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Literature -- Fiction.
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Magic realism (Literature) -- Fiction.
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Sagas -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Fiction.
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| Subject |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Griffith, Kaleo, reader.
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Kim, Jolene, reader.
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Asau, Tui, reader.
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Bowes, G. K., reader.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781980034117 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1980034117 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music # |
MWT13536533 |
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