Many Faces of the Law: Mazie's Amazing Journey

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Come journey with 8-year-old Mazie as she leaves her home country of Japan to make a new life in Hawai`i. As an immigrant, she faces the challenges of learning a new language, making friends and finding her calling as a lawyer-politician. From immigrant to United State Senator, Mazie finds the strength and courage to become a champion for justice.

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Leslie Ann Hayashi is a retired judge, author,and artist. She has written several childrensbooks, contributed to various short storycollections, and won several writing awards.Her husband, Alan Van Etten, is an attorneyin Honolulu. Both are proud members of theABA since the 1970s and 1980s. Their olderson, Justin, is in-house counsel at Figma inSan Francisco. He and his wife, Jannie, havea daughter, Tanni, whom Gma and Gpa lovedearly. Their second son, Taylor, works forRemitly in Seattle. He and his wife Marinaare parents to a beautiful Corgi namedFreya. Tammy Yee is the author and/or illustratorof more than 40 childrens books. She grewup in Hawai`i where she explored tide pools,swam in streams, and wrote and illustratedspooky stories her teachers politely read.After working as a pediatric medical-surgicaland oncology nurse, in 1994 she exchangedher stethoscope for a paintbrush and hasbeen writing and illustrating ever since. Shehas also designed digital murals for localhealth centers, pediatric hospitals, andambulances. In 2022, she was inducted intothe Childrens Literature of Hawai`is (CLH)Hall of Fame.