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Ihimaera, Witi , Ihimaera, Witi

The Whale Rider

152 pp. | Harcourt | May, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-15-205017-5 $$17.00 | Paper ISBN 0-15-205016-7 $$8.00
(4) 4-6 In this book, now a movie, Kahu is shunned by her grandfather, a modern-day Maori chief who wanted a male grandchild to carry on the tribal leadership. The guileless young girl proves her merit, however, when an ancient whale is beached on a nearby shore. Kahu's story has the power of a myth, though the use of an adult narrator (Kahu's uncle) and the novel's many slow, mystical passages may distance young readers. Glos.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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