The islands at the end of the world

ISBN: 9780385374217 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0385374216 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource remote 1 online resource.
Publisher: New York : Wendy Lamb Books, 2014.

Summary: In this fast-paced survival story set in Hawaii, electronics fail worldwide, the islands become completely isolated, and a strange starscape fills the sky. Leilani and her father embark on a nightmare odyssey from Oahu to their home on the Big Island. Leilani's epilepsy holds a clue to the disaster, if only they can survive as the islands revert to earlier ways. A powerful story enriched by fascinating elements of Hawaiian ecology, culture, and warfare, this captivating and dramatic debut from Austin Aslan is the first of two novels. The author has a master's degree in tropical conservation biology from the University of Hawaii at Hilo.