Graham Salisbury Books in Order

Eleven connected stories follow Sonny Mendoza and other young people growing up in a Hawaiian fishing community. Family expectations, dangerous encounters and first love test their courage as they learn what belonging to the islands means.

Tomi's life in Hawaii revolves around family, friends and baseball until Pearl Harbor is attacked. With his Japanese ancestry suddenly attracting hostility and suspicion, he must navigate a changed world while holding his family together.

Twelve-year-old Mokes admires Booley, a local boy who takes on visiting sailors. When Booley plans revenge, Mokes finds himself caught between loyalty to his friend and his father, the police chief responsible for keeping order.

Wild dogs frighten Boy Regis on his newspaper route, while his older brother insists that fighting proves courage. Trouble at school pushes Boy to find a way of standing up for himself without accepting his brother's violent rules.

Thirteen-year-old Mikey works aboard his stepfather's Hawaiian fishing charter, eager to prove himself as a deckhand. Two demanding customers put his judgment to the test and challenge the admiration he has always felt for his stepfather.

Boys growing up in Hawaii face first love, hurricanes, school pressures, work, and dangerous dares. These stories follow young islanders testing their limits, including the painful changes brought home by an older brother returning from war.

Eddy Okubo joins the Army in Hawaii before Pearl Harbor, but his Japanese ancestry makes his loyalty suspect. A secret assignment sends him and fellow Japanese American soldiers to Mississippi, where they become targets in attack-dog training.

In 1943 Hawaii, Tomi struggles with his father's imprisonment and hostility toward Japanese Americans. Determined to salvage the family's sunken fishing boat, he undertakes a difficult project that gives him something tangible to fight for.

Dylan expects a challenging Scout camping trip on Hawaii's coast, especially with hostile older boy Louie along. When an earthquake and tsunami strike, their differences become secondary to finding the others and surviving the devastated shoreline.

Calvin plays a prank on his bossy babysitter Stella using a cat, triggering her allergies and spoiling her date. Regret leaves him scrambling to earn money for a birthday present that might help repair the damage.

Fourth-grader Calvin Coconut is supposed to help his mother and look after his little sister. A school bully, a demanding teacher and a teenage babysitter complicate those responsibilities as his appetite for fun keeps attracting trouble.

A school assignment about persuasion gives Calvin an idea: convince his mother to let him have a dog. With her doubts about his responsibility and Stella's allergies standing in the way, he must make his case.

Calvin loves his dog Streak, but the animal's terrible breath threatens his place in the family. A school discovery project becomes the chance for Calvin and Julio to investigate the problem and find a solution.

Plans for Calvin's little sister's birthday collide with a tropical storm and rising floodwaters. When his friend Willy falls into the river, Calvin takes his skiff into dangerous conditions, facing a rescue far beyond ordinary childhood trouble.

New classmate Benny Obi boasts about kung fu and eats insects, drawing the attention of bully Tito. Calvin gets caught in the trouble surrounding his unusual friend while babysitter Stella's driving lessons create another source of chaos.

Calvin joins Ledward for a day of deep-sea fishing off Hawaii's Big Island. His first airplane ride and unfamiliar boat are exciting enough, but a huge marlin turns their outing into a lesson in nature's power.

Calvin's pop-star father returns to Hawaii for a concert after four years away. As Calvin wonders how their reunion will go, coveted tickets create another problem: deciding whether a classmate or the school bully gets the last one.

Benny Obi recruits Calvin and his friends as extras in his uncle's zombie movie at Kailua beach. Their taste of filmmaking becomes more complicated when Calvin's babysitter Stella lands a speaking role and Julio has surprises of his own.

Seventeen-year-old Zenji Watanabe's fluency in Japanese and English brings him a secret Army assignment in the Philippines. Caught behind enemy lines during World War II, he must conceal his American identity while fighting to survive.

Oregon teenager Danny Mack refuses to believe his border collie attacked a neighbor's livestock. His desperate effort to save Banjo from being put down collides with Meg Harris's determination to protect the abandoned dog she finds.