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Lexie and Kyra- 2nd
Sites: kumukahi.org
http:/www.kumukahi.org/units/ke_ao_akua/akua/aumakua

Coffee times.org
http://www.coffeetimes.com/aumakua.htm

ITS RELAVANCE TO THE RAFT:

• She's in Hawaii, and later on the water, so it makes sense to include the Hawaiian beliefs to role with the book
• Page numbers: 6

AN AUMAKUA:

• An aumakua is an ancestor that has died and come back in another form
• Can come in the form of animals, plants, and other natural things
• One or more specific aumakua can belong to a certain family
• Stories usually have aumakuas intervening to save their ancestors from harm
• People must worship and feed their aumakua, and behave specifically so they wont anger it

S.A. Bodeen included it in the book because:
-its supposed to be luck for Robie
-because she's in Hawaii
-will later be stranded on the raft out at sea

-THE AUMAKUA LINKS HAWAIINS TO PO, THE REALM OF THE GODS AND ANCESTORS, AND THE CONNECTION IS VERY PERSONAL AND COMPASSIONATE

An aumakua is a large part of Hawaiian culture, and is very sacred