Witi Ihimaera

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The Whale Rider

Product Description: Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, is descended from a legendary "whale rider." In every generation since, a male heir has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir, and the aging chief is desperate to find a successor. Kahu is his only great-grandchild — and Maori tradition has no use for a girl. But when hundreds of whales beach themselves and threaten the future of the Maori tribe, it is Kahu who saves the tribe when she reveals that she has the whale rider's ancient gift of communicating with whales.