The Whale Rider

The Whale Rider

(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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The Māori coming-of-age bestselling modern classic that inspired a multi-award-winning film starring Academy Award-nominated actress Keisha Castle-Hughes, with a foreword by Lily Gladstone

A Penguin Classic Hardcover


Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he is focused on his duties as chief of a Māori 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.
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The Whale Rider
No Longer Human
A Farewell to Arms
The Sound and the Fury
The Wizard of Oz
Orlando
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Monkey King
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
To the Lighthouse
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Witi Ihimaera
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Lily Gladstone
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Shilo Kino
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Loreine Roy
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