The Whale Rider
by Witi Ihimaera
When Kahu was born, she ended the male line of descent in her Maori tribe. Her great-grandfather,... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Pacific Islander / Oceania
Year Published 1987
Word Count 31,736
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 71662, 5.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Maori (New Zealand people)
- Maori (New Zealand people)--Fiction
- Grandfathers--Fiction
- Whales
- Whales--Fiction
- Family life--New Zealand--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Australia & Oceania
- Kings, queens, rulers, etc.--Fiction
- Human-animal relationships--Fiction
- Grandfathers
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Juvenile Fiction | Media Tie-In
- Human-animal relationships
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Marine Life
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Family life
- Kings, queens, rulers, etc
- Maori (New Zealand people)--Juvenile fiction
- New Zealand
- New Zealand--Fiction
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