The Shark Prince
From the award-winning author of the Lei and the Legends duology comes a sharp new fantasy about a Hawaiian boy who can transform into what people fear most: a shark.

Why go to school if you're destined to die?

In a small Hawaiian village, Nohea is the latest son in a long line of male ancestors with a horrible secret: he's half-human, half-shark. After his father—also cursed as a shark—kills someone who is surfing and subsequently disappears, Nohea is left isolated with only his mom as company. He knows he'll suffer the same fate one day, so he can't go to school or make any friends.

Worse yet, when he eventually succumbs to his shark-like cravings, he'll be put to death and his family will be kicked out of their home on the Hawaiian homelands. But when Nohea sees a flyer for a surf competition three valleys over, he realizes the prize money might be enough to move his family to a new home when he's gone. The catch? The competition is for school teams only.

So taking the biggest risk yet, Nohea joins the local public seventh-grade class, where he makes new friends, contends with a school bully, and gets so angry, he discovers a new row of supersharp teeth in his mouth! But this is only the beginning of Nohea's problems.

Because soon, Nohea realizes that, one by one, his surfing friends are disappearing. Is Noeha killing his classmates without knowing it? Or is something even more dangerous afoot?
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The Shark Prince
From the award-winning author of the Lei and the Legends duology comes a sharp new fantasy about a Hawaiian boy who can transform into what people fear most: a shark.

Why go to school if you're destined to die?

In a small Hawaiian village, Nohea is the latest son in a long line of male ancestors with a horrible secret: he's half-human, half-shark. After his father—also cursed as a shark—kills someone who is surfing and subsequently disappears, Nohea is left isolated with only his mom as company. He knows he'll suffer the same fate one day, so he can't go to school or make any friends.

Worse yet, when he eventually succumbs to his shark-like cravings, he'll be put to death and his family will be kicked out of their home on the Hawaiian homelands. But when Nohea sees a flyer for a surf competition three valleys over, he realizes the prize money might be enough to move his family to a new home when he's gone. The catch? The competition is for school teams only.

So taking the biggest risk yet, Nohea joins the local public seventh-grade class, where he makes new friends, contends with a school bully, and gets so angry, he discovers a new row of supersharp teeth in his mouth! But this is only the beginning of Nohea's problems.

Because soon, Nohea realizes that, one by one, his surfing friends are disappearing. Is Noeha killing his classmates without knowing it? Or is something even more dangerous afoot?
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The Shark Prince

The Shark Prince

by Malia Maunakea
The Shark Prince

The Shark Prince

by Malia Maunakea

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From the award-winning author of the Lei and the Legends duology comes a sharp new fantasy about a Hawaiian boy who can transform into what people fear most: a shark.

Why go to school if you're destined to die?

In a small Hawaiian village, Nohea is the latest son in a long line of male ancestors with a horrible secret: he's half-human, half-shark. After his father—also cursed as a shark—kills someone who is surfing and subsequently disappears, Nohea is left isolated with only his mom as company. He knows he'll suffer the same fate one day, so he can't go to school or make any friends.

Worse yet, when he eventually succumbs to his shark-like cravings, he'll be put to death and his family will be kicked out of their home on the Hawaiian homelands. But when Nohea sees a flyer for a surf competition three valleys over, he realizes the prize money might be enough to move his family to a new home when he's gone. The catch? The competition is for school teams only.

So taking the biggest risk yet, Nohea joins the local public seventh-grade class, where he makes new friends, contends with a school bully, and gets so angry, he discovers a new row of supersharp teeth in his mouth! But this is only the beginning of Nohea's problems.

Because soon, Nohea realizes that, one by one, his surfing friends are disappearing. Is Noeha killing his classmates without knowing it? Or is something even more dangerous afoot?

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780593890738
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date: 05/05/2026
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 368
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Malia Maunakea (she/her) is a part-Hawaiian writer who grew up in the rainforest on the Big Island before moving to a valley on Oʻahu in seventh grade. She relocated to the continent for college, and when she isn’t writing can be found roaming the Colorado Rocky Mountains with her husband, their two children, and a rescue mutt named Peggy. You can find Malia online at maliamaunakea.com.
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