Review
"* "This novel is a masterpiece... It deserves to become a modern children's classic." Books for Keeps on Apache."
Product Description
This title presents a young girl's struggle to change her destiny set against the destruction of the Aztec empire.In the golden city of Tenochtitlan, Emperor Montezuma rules with an iron rod and people live in fear of the gods. Itacate, a girl born under an ill-fated sky, is destined for a life of submission and domestic drudgery. But when her father, a goldsmith, discovers her talent for his craft, she starts to work as his apprentice, a secret she must keep in order to protect the lives of herself and her family. But danger awaits as Spanish strangers invade the city. And when Itacate's work comes to the emperor's attention and she falls in love with a stranger, her life takes an even more perilous turn. Can Itacate change her destiny and survive in this harsh new world?
About the Author
Tanya Landman is the author of the teenage novel Apache (9781406303315) as well as several books for younger children, including The Kraken Snores (9781406307061) and The World's Bellybutton (9781406300895); Waking Merlin (9781406302509) and its sequel, Merlin's Apprentice (9781406302011); Flotsam and Jetsam (9781844281190) and its sequels, Flotsam and Jetsam and the Stormy Surprise (9781406302806) and Flotsam and Jetsam and the Grooof (9781406307054). She lives in Devon and runs Storybox Theatre, a touring puppet theatre for children, with her husband Rod Burnett.
