On her sixteenth birthday, Sky and River, the boy with whom she has shared Island since she was a toddler, are rescued and taken to California, where Sky is separated from River, forced to live with a grandmother she has just met, and learn new rules for survival.

Moana has loved on the island of Motunui her whole life, just like her parents before her and their parents before them. She loves the community in her happy village, from the farmers growing plentiful crops, to the talented basket weavers, to the fishermen filling their nets in the lagoon. As daughter of the chief, Moana knows that one day the village and all its inhabitants will be her responsibility. This is a bit daunting, particularly as a piece...