The classic book that inspired the award-winning, internationally released film Whale Rider, winner of Best Film at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and 2004 Academy Awards Best Actress nomination for Keisha Castle-Hughes. Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he's focused in his duties as Chief, in a tribe that claims decent from the legendary whale rider. A male has always inherited the title of Chief, but now there is no male heir. There's only Kahu, and her great-grandfather sees no use for a girl. Kahu will not be ignored. And in her struggle she has a unique ally: the whale rider himself.
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"Although this book was beautiful, story, wording and characters, I found myself losing interest occasionally. If not for that, it would be five stars. " — Rebekah (4 out of 5 stars)
"Although this book was beautiful, story, wording and characters, I found myself losing interest occasionally. If not for that, it would be five stars. "
" Listened to this book on CD. LOVED the story, the characters, the descriptives. A great/fast read. "
" Might have been a 5* if not for the 'whale narative' in italics. I just couldn't read them, so gave up trying. "
" Can't wait to teach this book! "
" Very inspiring book. Loved the main character and her perserverence to fulfill her destiny. The movie about this book was very good also. "
" I liked the audo book reading and the flavor it gave to the Pacific tribal story but got impatient with the mythological fantasy and predictable evolution of the story. "
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