That Which Feeds Us: a Hawaiian Gothic
A diaspora Native Hawaiian girl goes to her ancestral homeland for the first time to find her twin who has gone missing from a luxury island resort built into the bones of an old sugarcane plantation. THAT WHICH FEEDS US is a speculative YA horror in the vein of MEXICAN GOTHIC (but with a teen protagonist) with a touch of SHE IS A HAUNTING and DELICIOUS MONSTERS.
Additional information
| Genre | Horror |
|---|---|
| Age | Young Adult |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
| Imprint | Random House Children's Books |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format(s) | Hardcover |
| Author | Keala Kendall |
| Release Date | TBD |
| Release Month | TBD Releases |
| Author Identity | BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Neurodivergent |
About the Author
Keala Kendall is the Native Hawaiian author of How Far I’ll Go and No One Gets Left Behind (Fall 2026), writing for Disney’s New York Times bestselling A Twisted Tale series, and the forthcoming YA horror novel That Which Feeds Us: a Hawaiian Gothic (Summer 2026), and a cofounder of Pacific Islanders in Publishing.
Born in Hawaiʻi, she now lives as a part of the Hawaiian diaspora in Los Angeles with her partner and their dog, Mele. She is represented by Jennifer March Soloway at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
