The Whangara people live on the east coast of New Zealand. They think they have been there for at least a thousand years, when their ancestor Paikea rode a whale to safety when his canoe capsized. From that point on, Whangara chiefs, who were always the first-born and always men, were thought to be Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl from a patriarchal tribe in New Zealand, thinks she is going to be the next chief. But tradition says that her grandfather Koro must choose a man. Pai loves Koro more than anyone else in the world, but to fulfill her destiny, she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition.
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The Whangara people live on the east coast of New Zealand. They think they have been there for at least a thousand years, when their ancestor Paikea rode a whale to safety when his canoe capsized. From that point on, Whangara chiefs, who were always the first-born and always men, were thought to be Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl from a patriarchal tribe in New Zealand, thinks she is going to be the next chief. But tradition says that her grandfather Koro must choose a man. Pai loves Koro more than anyone else in the world, but to fulfill her destiny, she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition.
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