{"product_id":"dragonfruit-1","title":"Dragonfruit","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten by Makiia Lucier\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover, 368 pp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythology. Appropriate for ages 13 and up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the old tales, it is written that the egg of a seadragon, dragonfruit, holds within it the power to undo a person’s greatest sorrow. But as with all things that offer hope when hope had gone, the tale came with a warning.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEvery wish demands a price.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHanalei of Tamarind is the cherished daughter of an old island family. But when her father steals a seadragon egg meant for an ailing princess, she is forced into a life of exile. In the years that follow, Hanalei finds solace in studying the majestic seadragons that roam the Nominomi Sea. Until, one day, an encounter with a female dragon offers her what she desires most. A chance to return home, and to right a terrible wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSamahtitamahenele, Sam, is the last remaining prince of Tamarind. But he can never inherit the throne, for Tamarind is a matriarchal society. With his mother ill and his grandmother nearing the end of her reign. Sam is left with two choices: to marry, or to find a cure for the sickness that has plagued his mother for ten long years. When a childhood companion returns from exile, she brings with her something he has not felt in a very long time-hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut Hanalei and Sam are not the only ones searching for the dragonfruit. And as they battle enemies both near and far, there is another danger they cannot escape…that of the dragonfruit itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49693875568922,"sku":"9780358272106","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0465\/5765\/9302\/files\/181325033.jpg?v=1726711936","url":"https:\/\/na-mea-hawai-i.myshopify.com\/products\/dragonfruit-1","provider":"Hawaiian Council dba Nā Mea Hawaiʻi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}