Yes, the Hawaiian Islands are famous for many things, including pineapples.
Did you know it takes eighteen months for a pineapple to mature? Wow! Now, don’t they taste even sweeter and more special?
So what would happen if someone vandalized the fruit growing in the fields? It would be devastating to the crop and the plantation.
This scenario becomes very real in Book One of The Hawaiian Island Detective Club series, entitled Pineapples in Peril. Here’s a little blurb:
When the sweet wafting scent of ripe pineapples
collides head-on with the moldy odor of crushed, rotting fruit,
members of The Hawaiian Island Detective Club
set in motion a plan to find the culprits
who vandalized the Tong Plantation.
Now thirteen years of age
and no longer content to solve pretend mysteries,
LEILANI AKAMAI, MAILE ONAKEA, and SAM BENNETT
discover an opportunity to be true detectives
and solve their first real crime.
Would you like to learn more about Leilani, Maile, and Sam? I hope so, and I will tell you more in the weeks to come. Please e-mail me or comment if you have questions you’d like to ask these characters. They love to talk and love attention, so ask away!Please join me again. I post on Monday and Thursday mornings. And don't forget to subscribe via e-mail, comment, and follow. See above for some guidance in commenting and following.
In appreciation of pineapples,
Cheryl
I didn't know it took that long for them to mature. Crazy!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE fresh pineapple. Wish I could eat more than I do! To me, pineapples and bananas are the perfect fruits. God is so clever!
ReplyDeleteThis was a great post. I can't wait to tell my kids they're eating an 18 month old fruit! :-)
Thanks, Jessica and Karla! I was surprised, too, when I found out about the growing time for a pineapple. The things you learn when you do research!
ReplyDeleteI visited your pronunciation guide for Hawaiian but I'm just not sure how to say Maile. I want to say Mah-ee-lay. Right or wrong?
ReplyDeleteYou're pretty much right on Maile. But, I've found that the "a" and "i" slur together so it sounds more like a long "i." Just like the "e" and "i" in Lei sound more like a long "a."
ReplyDeleteThe last "e" should be "lay," but people tend to say it as a long "e."
So, think "Miley Cyrus" and you've got it! : )
Thanks!
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