Pass On, No Pass Back! children's literature Essential Hawai'i Books

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Pass On, No Pass Back! children's literature Essential Hawai'i BooksDarrell Lum's signature pidgin narratives dominate this nine story collection, which also includes standard English stories and comic strip illustrations. Endearing and insightful, Lum's characters tell stories of initiation, family, wonder and community. In Pass On, No Pass Back!, "community is not defined by delineating boundaries, but by moving the center outwards to include what has traditionally been defined as marginal. Lum's is a vision of the