Elisabeth Kamakawiwoole
When I first started to read The Seventeenth Quest, I knew it was a children's book (and it is), but it is deep, very deep. You will meet Seventeen, the robot, and then (much later) Hazel, the little girl, who are on a quest to find humanity. You will also meet the octopus, the foxes, and the other robots. I really loved this book. I also very much enjoyed learning more about the author in my interview below, and I’m so pleased to introduce her debut work to new readers. I am very curious about your last name. What is the origin of it? It is Hawaiian! My husband is from Hawaii originally, and his family has very deep roots there. It’s actually only half the length of the original name—Kamakawiwooleokamehamehaekahi. It means “the fearless eye of Kamehameha the First,” and was a name given by King Kamehameha to one of my husband’s warrior ancestors after a battle where he took an axe to the head and survived. I went back and forth on whether I should take a pen name when I b...
