The Whale Rider

The Whale RiderBy: Witi Ihimaera Series: Penguin Vitae Published for the first time on the Penguin Classics U. S. list, the bestselling modern classic Mori coming of age novel that inspired a multiple award winning film starring Academy Awardnominated actress Keisha Castle Hughes A Penguin Classic Hardcover Eight year old Kahu craves her great grandfathers love and attention. But he is focused on his duties as chief of a Mori tribe in Whangara, on the east coast of

as the rhyming text reinforces important concepts

Sometimes Cecilia's second job is so much responsibility

she knows she is up for the challenge

a boat washes up on the shore of their little island

In the candid and adventurous spirit of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild

The first husband went abroad and never returned

From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

questions remain

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and draws on the fascinating real history of both Venetian cortigiane oneste—“honest courtesans”—and Renaissance Venice’s sprawling intelligence service