Books with author James Ford

This is the Hawaiian language edition of ISLAND BELOW THE STAR, which is a revised and expanded edition of THE ISLAND-BELOW-THE-STAR, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1998 and mentioned in the NEW YORK TIMES as one of the best children's books of that year. Please note that this is not a bilingual edition but one intended for speakers and students of the Hawaiian language.

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The Kiran'Tai has come again to the Minotaur of the Althon Desert. The ceremony is one held every year to herald in the coming of age for the males of the tribes. This year, though, it is predicted that one will return victorious while one is branded a coward and the others are to die. Who will it be that stands victorious? And while the bulls proceed with the ritual, one of the cows will birth a child that is destined to change the life of all the Minotaur...should he be allowed to live.

The Kiran'Tai is underway and Konda has committed murder to be the victor. Borga struggles to bring proof of Konda's betrayal back to the tribes with the help of a stranger that helped him escape from the jaws of death, literally. Meanwhile, back at the gathering, there are rumors of an evil bearing down on the other races of the world and Timank, Borga's wife, reveals her new born child to the tribe.By the end, the tribes will all have changed within just a few days, even though many will not feel it for years to come.And it is all because of a new born Minotaur with snow white fur. The one they all label kho'ven, ill omen.