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Both I and my daughter really enjoyed this fictionalized 'diary' of Victoria Kaiulani, one of the last members of the Hawaiian Royal family. Told through the eyes of Kaiulani, in a diary format, this book gave us an interesting look at what Hawaii was like in the 1890's, including the politics of that time that led to Hawaii being annexed by the United States.

I was especially interested to learn that this girl, who was to become Queen of Hawaii (she was next in line after her Aunt, the Queen) was born of a Hawaiian mother and a Scottish father, Archibald Scott Cleghorn, who married into the Hawaiian royal family. Kaiulani was the only child of their union, though she did have 3 older Scottish half sister's from Cleghorn's first marriage.

It was also interesting to learn of Kaiulani's friendship with the author Robert Louis Stevenson, whom she met when he traveled to Hawaii for health reasons, and whom she developed a long term friendship with.