Author : Witi Ihimaera
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152050160
Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of New Zealand, fights to prove her love, her leadership, and her destiny when hundreds of whales beach themselves and threaten the future of the Maori tribe. Basis for the 2003 feature film.
Author : Witi Ihimaera
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,92 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152050177
As her beloved grandfather, chief of the Māori 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.
Author : Shilo Kino
Publisher : Huia Publishers
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 38,88 MB
Release : 2020-10-23
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1775505006
Twelve-year-old Niko lives in Pohe Bay, a small, rural town with a sacred hot spring – and a taniwha named Taukere. The government wants to build a prison over the home of the taniwha, and Niko’s grandfather is busy protesting. People call him pōrangi, crazy, but when he dies, it’s up to Niko to convince his community that the taniwha is real and stop the prison from being built. With help from his friend Wai, Niko must unite his whānau, honour his grandfather and stand up to his childhood bully.
Author : Witi Ihimaera
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,87 MB
Release : 1998-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1742288103
Caught in the middle of the clash between two great Maori clans, Simeon, grandson of Bulibasha and Ramona, struggles with his own feelings and loyalties as the battles rage . . . This award-winning novel is being reissued to tie in with the release of Mahana, the stunning film adaptation of the novel. Also available as an eBook
Author : AQUE and others
Publisher : Project Blue, Inc.
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 43,10 MB
Release : 2023-03-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
The "Great Dreamer" sci-fi classic series includes four works: "Fall of Civilization," "The Space War," "The Lover’s Farewell," and "The Whale Rider." Since Liu Cixin's "The Three-Body Problem" won the Hugo Award and the domestic sci-fi film "The Wandering Earth" became a hit, Chinese sci-fi literature, once quiet, has entered a dynamic and flourishing era. Many works have been included in language textbooks and frequently appear in middle and high school language exams. Chen Qiufan, Zhang Ran, Bao Shu, and AQue, four visionary young sci-fi writers, are recognized as the leading figures of China's sci-fi golden generation. Their works differ from those of Wang Jinkang and Liu Cixin in terms of historical context and knowledge systems, offering more innovative and imaginative insights that cater to the tastes of new-generation readers. "The Whale Rider" is a collection of romantic sci-fi works by Ah Que, featuring: "Chronicles of the Cloud Whale," "Higanbana," "Chewing," "The False Gospel of Love," "Future History of Disease," and "Year of the Rat."
Author : NARAYAN CHANGDER
Publisher : CHANGDER OUTLINE
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 46,82 MB
Release : 2024-05-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
THE WHALE RIDER MCQ (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS) SERVES AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR INDIVIDUALS AIMING TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF VARIOUS COMPETITIVE EXAMS, CLASS TESTS, QUIZ COMPETITIONS, AND SIMILAR ASSESSMENTS. WITH ITS EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MCQS, THIS BOOK EMPOWERS YOU TO ASSESS YOUR GRASP OF THE SUBJECT MATTER AND YOUR PROFICIENCY LEVEL. BY ENGAGING WITH THESE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT, IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND LAY A SOLID FOUNDATION. DIVE INTO THE WHALE RIDER MCQ TO EXPAND YOUR THE WHALE RIDER KNOWLEDGE AND EXCEL IN QUIZ COMPETITIONS, ACADEMIC STUDIES, OR PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS. THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF EACH PAGE, MAKING IT EASY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO VERIFY THEIR ANSWERS AND PREPARE EFFECTIVELY.
Author : Mandy Hager
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 16,84 MB
Release : 2014-09-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1775536580
An award-winning and extraordinary story of a boy who protects a baby whale that locals believe is threatening their livelihood. Winner of the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2015 Young Adult Category Winner New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2015 Storylines Notable Young Adult Fiction Award 2015 Will Jackson is hiding out, a city boy reluctantly staying with his uncle in small town New Zealand while he struggles to recover from a brutal attack and the aftermath of a humiliating YouTube clip gone viral. After he discovers a young abandoned orca whale his life is further thrown into chaos, when he rallies to help protect it against hostile, threatening interests. This threatens to tear apart the small fishing community and forever changes Will’s life. The boy and the whale develop a special bond, linked by Will's love of singing. With echoes of classic book and film The whalerider this powerful connection is utterly convincing on the page. An exciting plot-driven story full of drama, tension and romance, this magical book captures both heart and mind to hold the reader enthralled from start to finish. These qualities, along with its lyrical use of language and its compelling and persuasive exploration of many global concerns, makes this a beautifully touching, rich and multi-layered story by an award-winning writer for young adults. Singing Home the Whale will appeal to all readers of high-quality New Zealand fiction.
Author : Robyn Kahukiwa
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 11,53 MB
Release : 1994-01
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 9780140509120
This is Kahukiwa's resplendent retelling of the age-old myth (popularised by Witi Ihimaera in his The Whale Rider, in which the protagonist, Paikea, travels from Hawaiki, and atop a whale, to Aotearoa - indicating, in many ways, the genesis of so many other great Maori folktales.
Author : Nancy Reinhardt
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 13,31 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3640372166
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,3, Technical University of Darmstadt (Institut für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft), course: Postcolonial Literature, language: English, abstract: The Whale Rider novel is a positive and sensitive representation of Maori culture and several terms of postcolonial theory can be determined within the novel. That is why it appears worth analysing this text in the context of postcolonial literary studies which is the purpose of this term paper. In chapter 1 I will give a short summary about the colonial and postcolonial history of New Zealand and its postcolonial literature tradition. Chapter 2 deals with the novel ́s main characters and the narrative structure while chapter 3 detects the features of postcolonial theory which are embedded in the story.
Author : Karen Swann
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 27,28 MB
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1534493956
A child and a whale embark on a beautiful journey together in this lyrical, gorgeously illustrated picture book about friendship, hope, and love for the world around us in the vein of The Fisherman & the Whale and Cynthia Rylant’s Life. Where land becomes sky and sky becomes sea, I first saw the whale and the whale first saw me. A child joins a friendly whale for a magical journey of discovery. They sail the blue ocean, dance with dolphins, and tail-splash seagulls. But the child also sees an ocean filled with plastic trash. And that inspires a promise of help, for the whale and all earth’s creatures.
