Queen Liliuokalani : royal prisoner

Format:

Book

Title:

Queen Liliuokalani : royal prisoner

Author:

Hood, Ann, 1956-

ISBN:

9780448457291

9780448457390

9781484400579

9780329987374

Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, 2013.

Physical Description:

154 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Series title(s):

Treasure Chest ;

Number in series:

NO. 6.

General Note:

"The time-travelling adventures of the Robbins twins."

Summary:

While visiting their father in New York City, Felix and Maisie use a shell she brought from The Treasure Chest to travel to late 1800s Hawaii, where they meet a young girl who will one day be Queen Liliuokalani, the last queen of Hawaii.

Program Information:

MG 4.0 Accelerated Reader AR 4.7 160136.

Personal Subject:

Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917-Juvenile fiction.

Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917-Fiction.

Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917

Subject(s):

Time travel -- Juvenile fiction.

Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.

Twins -- Juvenile fiction.

Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction.

Queens -- Juvenile fiction.

Time travel -- Fiction.

Siblings -- Fiction.

Twins -- Fiction.

Kings, queens, rulers, etc. -- Fiction.

Hawaii -- History -- 1893-1900 -- Juvenile fiction.

Hawaii -- History -- 1893-1900 -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Hawaii -- History -- 1893-1900 -- Juvenile fiction.

Hawaii -- History -- 1893-1900 -- Fiction.

Genre:

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Summary

In Book 6 of The Treasure Chest , Felix and Maisie take a trip to New York City to visit their father and meet his new girlfriend. While there, Maisie reveals to Felix that she has a jeweled crown she took from The Treasure Chest. The twins travel to Hawaii in the late 1800s, where they spend time with the royal family and continue to master the magic of time-travel. There, they meet a young girl named Lydia who will one day grow up to be Queen Liliuokalani, the last queen of Hawaii.

Author Notes

Ann Hood was born on December 9, 1956, in West Warwick, R.I. She attended the University of Rhode Island and New York University. For several years, she worked as a flight attendant before pursuing her dream of becoming a writer.

Ann Hood had a dream of writing ever since her first "novel" at the age of 11. It was not until 1987, with the publication of Somewhere off the Coast of Maine that she received the recognition she had been longing for. Set in the period from the 1960s to the 1980s, the story deals with the lives of three women of the Vietnam era and their children. Strong on emotion and personal growth, Hood's writing frequently examines the intricacies of various levels of relationships. Other works include Something Blue, which also involves the association between three friends.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 4-6-Twins Maisie and Felix struggle to adjust to their parents' recent divorce and all the changes that spring from it. They move to their great-uncle's house and find a chest filled with objects that whisk them through time and give them a task to complete. Each time they do this, their great-uncle becomes younger and he begs them to stop, as he cannot bear watching his lady-love succumb to old age without him. The twins go through time anyway. In this adventure in 19th-century Hawaii, the siblings have a crown and are tasked with giving it to "Lydia," aka the future Queen Liliuokalani. They are welcomed into the royal family and learn about Hawaiian culture, and the sociopolitical changes of the time. Along the way, they lose the magic crown, find it again, get chased and kidnapped, escape, meet Herman Melville, complete their task, and get whisked home with a deeper understanding about the inevitability of change. Hawaii is somewhat exoticized and readers are expected to share the perspective of the protagonists' experiences; namely, one of an upper middle-class U.S. East Coast perspective. When their kidnappers plan to take them to Tahiti, Felix fears "natives with spears" and "cannibals." The two kids have distinct personalities and share a tender bond with one another. Content and vocabulary seamlessly blend the complex with the simple. The story also works in many details of 19th-century Hawaii, such as whaling ships and missionaries. After the fictional adventure, the book offers a brief biography of Queen Liliuokalani, Herman Melville, and some facts about 1959, the year Hawaii became a state. Kids who have outgrown the "Magic Treehouse" may enjoy this new series.-Amelia Jenkins, Juneau Public Library, AK (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

Maisie and Felix time travel to 1840s Hawaii and meet teenage Liliu, who will grow up to be Hawaii's last queen. Before the twins return to their own time, they encounter Herman Melville and get kidnapped by sailors on a whaling ship. The atmospheric historical setting, with well-integrated details of Hawaiian culture, balances the weak time-travel plot device. Biographical notes are appended. (c) Copyright 2014. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.