That Which Feeds Us
A Hawaiian Gothic
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- Pedido anticipado
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- Se espera: 5 may 2026
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- $149.00
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- Pedido anticipado
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- $149.00
Descripción editorial
A native Hawaiian teen travels to a luxury island resort in search of her missing twin and uncovers the dark side of paradise, in this YA supernatural thriller that's Mexican Gothic meets She is a Haunting.
"This astounding book is both a finger pointed directly at the rotting heart of colonial greed and a truly heart-pounding mystery." — Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author of Compound Fracture
For the world’s wealthiest, Kōpaʻa Island Resort is more than a destination. It’s the ultimate escape. With no cell service or Wi-Fi, the Hawaiian island is a coveted wellness retreat renowned for its persimmon orchard and promises of rejuvenation.
But their dream vacation is Lehua’s nightmare. When her twin sister, Ohia, goes missing, Lehua follows her trail to Kōpaʻa to find her. Instead, Lehua is cut off from civilization—and help—after the island’s boat leaves without her, stranding her with the resort’s lavish guests and enigmatic staff.
As Lehua investigates Ohia’s disappearance, she discovers her missing sister isn’t the island’s only mystery. Kōpaʻa’s rich exterior and sweet persimmons hide its dark plantation past. And Lehua can’t ignore the dreams haunting her each night—nor the warning telling her to leave the island at once. To uncover what happened to Ohia, Lehua will have to unearth the island’s bloody history and face the horrors that lurk within its sugarcane fields—or risk being consumed by them.
Sharply observed and gorgeously written, That Which Feeds Us explores the true cost of paradise as Lehua must fight to reclaim the land, the stories, and the very souls of her people.
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A teen uncovers a private island's bloodstained past while looking for her sister in a gruesome gothic thriller. Hawaii may be orphaned twins Lehua and Ohia Sayers' ancestral homeland, but they've never left Arizona. This fact adds a layer of envy to college dropout Lehua's annoyance toward high-achieving Ohia, who breaks months of silence following a fight to brag about her new internship on a farm near Maui. Then Lehua learns from Ohia's track coach that Ohia is on academic suspension, and there is no internship. But Ohia won't answer her phone, so after some investigation, Lehua follows her to Kōpa΄a, an island plantation turned tech-free wellness resort and persimmon farm. By the time Lehua realizes that Ohia was employed at Kōpa΄a as a field worker but left after a week, the boat back to Maui is gone. Stranded on Kōpa΄a for the weekend due to an incoming storm, Lehua searches for clues as to the reason behind Ohia's subterfuge and departure, as well as her next destination, not realizing that Kōpa´a is haunted and the truth she seeks could get her killed. Though the intersectionally diverse cast feels one-dimensional and some plot points don't quite gel, Kendall (How Far I'll Go) effectively leverages colonialism's horrors and its effects on Hawaii's history to maximize tension and terror. Ages 14–up.
