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Radiation In Hawaii

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Austin Alan's book The Island at the End of the World explores the effects of two people surrounding a dramatic decrease of radiation in Hawaii. They travel through a rough time when the world is being controlled by a giant green mass. The book revolves around two main characters Leilani and her father, Mike, whose lives are being destroyed trying to get back to their house. Leilani an epileptic is brought to the main island of Hawaii to test a new medicine that will help her to not have seizures. The events following Leilani to not have seizures anymore leads her to a situation that makes her realize having them might be good. Along the way for Leilani to not be epileptic anymore, she encounters many difficult events in her path. One difficult encounter that Leilani …show more content…

While she is there she has to meet with a special doctor that will put her on a new type of pill that will help her to not have seizures. The first night that she is there she encountered a giant green mass in the sky. This mass was called the Emerald Orchard, no one knew what it was or why it was there. The only thing that they knew was that everything stopped working cars, microwaves, televisions, and phones. Before Leilani left for the Main Island she had a very strong relationship with her mom, dad named Mike, brother Kia, and her grandfather. Leilani and her mom didn't spend a lot of time together while they were with each other but they were very close and liked to spend time together. Her little brother named Kia had a close relationship with Leilani and they were never mean to one another like other siblings and they told everything to each other. Leilani and her dad shared the same interests like surfing and they are very brave in tough times that they had to go through. Lastly Leilani and her grandfather share a good relationship because they very nice and concerning about everyone else in the

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