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That Which Feeds Us

A Hawaiian Gothic

Author Keala Kendall
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RH Childrens Books | Random House Books for Young Readers
On sale May 26, 2026 | 352 Pages | 9798217117970
Grade 9 & Up
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A native Hawaiian teen travels to a luxury island resort in search of her missing twin and uncovers the dark side of paradise, in this YA supernatural thriller that's Mexican Gothic meets She is a Haunting.

Lehua is a college dropout-turned-mortician's assistant from Arizona. She never thought she'd visit Hawai'i, her family's ancestral homeland, but when her estranged twin sister Ohia goes missing, Lehua tracks her to Kōpa`a, an exclusive island resort reserved for the upper one percent.

Except once she arrives on the remote island, Ohia is nowhere to be found. And as Lehua begins to ask questions, the resort’s welcoming atmosphere turns sinister. She becomes convinced her sister didn't just leave—she was running from something, and now Lehua might be trapped on the island with whoever, or whatever, took her. With the help of fellow native girl Melia, Lehua will have to confront the island's bloody past and what lurks in the old plantation's cane fields… before it consumes her entirely.

With lush prose, a tender sapphic romance, and gothic horror, THAT WHICH FEEDS US deftly explores the cost of paradise, for readers of Rory Power and Anatomy: A Love Story.
Keala Kendall (pronounced: kay-ah-luh) is a hapa Native Hawaiian author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. She is the author of the forthcoming novels, How Far I’ll Go (Fall 2025) and No One Gets Left Behind (Fall 2026), writing for Disney's New York Times bestselling A Twisted Tales series. She is one of the cofounders of Pacific Islanders in Publishing, and a past organizer for the Books for Maui charity auction.

Born and raised in Hawai’i, she now lives in Los Angeles as a part of the Native Hawaiian diaspora with her partner and their dog, Mele. View titles by Keala Kendall

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A native Hawaiian teen travels to a luxury island resort in search of her missing twin and uncovers the dark side of paradise, in this YA supernatural thriller that's Mexican Gothic meets She is a Haunting.

Lehua is a college dropout-turned-mortician's assistant from Arizona. She never thought she'd visit Hawai'i, her family's ancestral homeland, but when her estranged twin sister Ohia goes missing, Lehua tracks her to Kōpa`a, an exclusive island resort reserved for the upper one percent.

Except once she arrives on the remote island, Ohia is nowhere to be found. And as Lehua begins to ask questions, the resort’s welcoming atmosphere turns sinister. She becomes convinced her sister didn't just leave—she was running from something, and now Lehua might be trapped on the island with whoever, or whatever, took her. With the help of fellow native girl Melia, Lehua will have to confront the island's bloody past and what lurks in the old plantation's cane fields… before it consumes her entirely.

With lush prose, a tender sapphic romance, and gothic horror, THAT WHICH FEEDS US deftly explores the cost of paradise, for readers of Rory Power and Anatomy: A Love Story.

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Keala Kendall (pronounced: kay-ah-luh) is a hapa Native Hawaiian author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. She is the author of the forthcoming novels, How Far I’ll Go (Fall 2025) and No One Gets Left Behind (Fall 2026), writing for Disney's New York Times bestselling A Twisted Tales series. She is one of the cofounders of Pacific Islanders in Publishing, and a past organizer for the Books for Maui charity auction.

Born and raised in Hawai’i, she now lives in Los Angeles as a part of the Native Hawaiian diaspora with her partner and their dog, Mele. View titles by Keala Kendall

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