Nancy A. (Chocoholic) reviewed on 7/5/2010 + 291 more book reviews

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This is an extensively researched historical novel about a leper colony established on one of Hawaii's smaller islands in the late 1800's. The story itself is about a seven year old girl named Rachel who one day finds a red mark, the mark of what was then known as Leprosy, and now known as Hansen's Disease. Rachel is taken away from her family and sent to the colony where she spends the majority of her life, and finds a new family of sorts waiting for her. This is an amazing and moving work of historical fiction. Be forewarned however, that there are many depressing sequences to this book that tend to make the reader despair of this book ever having happy moment. But still an incredible read!

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