margo sorenson

When fourteen-year-old soccer star Todd arrives in Hawaii, he hears that radical Hawaiian activists have hidden weapons in a nearby ravine to use for their rebellion against the U.S. government to gain Hawaiian independence. Even though hes warned that people are raising marijuana or “pakalolo” there, guarding their crops with rifles, pit bulls, and explosives, Todd plans to scout it out and find the weapons, hoping he can finally earn his familys respect and find some adventure to offset his boring summer. What will Todd discover in the ravine that could force him to rethink everything hes believed?