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Honey Girl

by Lisa Freeman

Mother and childFictionNineteen seventiesLesbiansTeenage girlsChildren's fictionYouth, fiction

The year is 1972. Fifteen-year-old Haunani "Nani" Grace Nuuhiwa is transplanted from her home in Hawaii to Santa Monica, California after her father's fatal heart attack. Now the proverbial fish-out-of-water, Nani struggles to adjust to her new life with her alcoholic white (haole) mother and the lineup of mean girls who rule State Beach.

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Book data: Open Library