↳ RAISE THE FUTURE
The Whale Rider
by Witi Ihimaera
A Māori girl. Ancient traditions. She's the one they've been waiting for.
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Kahu is the great-granddaughter of the Māori chief Koro Apirana, who is waiting for a male heir to carry on the ancient traditions of the Ngāti Porou people. Kahu is a girl. Koro cannot see her. The novel is about what happens when tradition becomes so rigid it cannot recognize the future standing in front of it — and about a girl who loves her grandfather so much she refuses to let him fail. Ihimaera writes with the warmth of the oral tradition he is working within. The most beloved New Zealand children's book and the most essential for the Raise the Future shelf.
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- New Zealand
- Voice
- Written by a New Zealand author
