A CHILLING TALE of Shave Ice introduces readers of all ages to Mrs. Sugihara ― the owner of a store and shave ice stand on the island of Hawai i who in the summer of 1937 launches a supernatural fiasco which will forever haunt Kamoku Village. Is the deserted Japanese language school next to Mrs. Sugihara s store really visited in the night by the ghost of the young Miss Yanagi, the school teacher who had died of a fever? Did Mrs. Sugihara and the young children of the Obake Club really see her corpse-like hand under the school? Will Miss Yanagi come back from the dead?Based upon an actual true occurrence of a ghostly hoax perpetrated in the 1910s, A Chilling Tale of Shaved Ice is a poignant, funny and sometimes “chicken skin” excursion into the supernatural lore of Hawai i. Drawing upon the ghostlore collection of supernatural storyteller Glen Grant, with the lively pidgin English dialogue provided by well-known island comedian James Grant Benton and local author Arnold Hiura, this unique literary offering captures the power, vitality and spiritual wonder of Hawai is multicultural folklore traditions.
