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Growing up in Honolulu isn't all it's cracked up to be for Jeffrey Gill. After he gets into prestigious Punahou School, his rite of passage includes losing the babe of his dreams to a creep, surviving Killahaole Day, and getting
...(more) pushed around by the school bully. In the world of academics, Jeff knows he's hardly Stanford material. Uncle Sharkey teaches Jeff the sweet science and he beefs his arch enemy at Waialae Golf Course. He salvages his senior year by getting into a mainland college and taking a foxy girl to the Senior Prom. But he must wait until graduation night to find out if the feelings he has for her are mutual.(less)
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I actually found this book on the shelves of the Beach House in the vacation rental we stayed at on the east end of the island. And strange as this may seem, chapters are set right on this tropical estate! It's coming of age, about a boy who is somewhat Holden Caulfield-like struggling for identity in an elite prep school in Honolulu, the same school attended by Barack Obama. Each chapter is like another hurdle for the boy as he deals with a domineering father, the school bully, losing the girl of his dreams, getting suspended from school, you get the picture. But he's different than Holden in that he fights back, including calling the bully out to a fight on the golf course during the Hawaiian Open. What a fight! There's also the tricky matter of interracial dating and lots more, including meeting the boy's grandmother, who's a real firecracker! Great book.