The whale rider

About this book

As her beloved grandfather, chief of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, struggles to lead in difficult times and to find a male successor, young Kahu is developing a mysterious relationship with whales, particularly the ancient bull whale whose legendary rider was their ancestor.

Subjects

• child and youth fiction
• children's fiction
• families
• family life
• family life, fiction
• fiction
• grandfathers
• human-animal relationships
• human-animal relationships, fiction
• juvenile fiction
• kings, queens, rulers
• kings, queens, rulers, etc., fiction
• maori (new zealand people)
• maori (new zealand people), fiction
• new zealand, fiction
• whales
• whales, fiction
• whales, juvenile literature