The Whale Rider The Whale Rider

The Whale Rider

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Publisher Description

An international bestseller that was made into a multiple award-winning film.

Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he is focused on his duties as chief of a Maori tribe in Whangara, on the East Coast of New Zealand - 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 the 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. Once that sacred gift is revealed, Kahu may be able to re-establish her people's ancestral connections, earn her great-grandfather's attention - and lead her tribe to a bold new future.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2008
27 November
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
156
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Random House New Zealand
SELLER
Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
SIZE
6.2
MB

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