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Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he's focused on his duties as chief of Ngati Konohi in Whangara, on the East Coast-a tribe that claims descent from the legendary 'whale rider.' In every generation since the whale rider, a male has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir-there's only Kahu. She should be next in line for the title, but her great-grandfather is blinded by tradition and sees no use for a girl. Kahu will not be ignored. And in her struggle she has a unique ally: the whale rider himself, from whom she has inherited the ability to communicate with whales.
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The whale rider, Witi Ihimaera
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- Released
- 2007
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- Title
- The whale rider
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Witi Ihimaera
- Publisher
- Reed
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 204
- ISBN10
- 0790011867
- ISBN13
- 9780790011868
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult, Young Adult Fantasy, Magic, Filmthema, Mythology, Magical Realism, Seas and Oceans, Indigenous Tribes, Customs and Traditions, New Zealand, Rescue, Cetaceans, Māori
- First published
- 1987
- Original title
- The Whale Rider
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he's focused on his duties as chief of Ngati Konohi in Whangara, on the East Coast-a tribe that claims descent from the legendary 'whale rider.' In every generation since the whale rider, a male has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir-there's only Kahu. She should be next in line for the title, but her great-grandfather is blinded by tradition and sees no use for a girl. Kahu will not be ignored. And in her struggle she has a unique ally: the whale rider himself, from whom she has inherited the ability to communicate with whales.