A powerful and emotional portrayal of the Apache's struggle for survival in a hostile world.
Siki is an orphan of the Black Mountain Apache. Her mother was killed by Mexicans three years ago and her father lost in an ambush the winter before that. When Siki witnesses the brutal murder of her little brother Tazhi, she vows to become an Apache warrior and avenge her brother's death.
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A powerful and emotional portrayal of the Apache's struggle for survival in a hostile world.
Siki is an orphan of the Black Mountain Apache. Her mother was killed by Mexicans three years ago and her father lost in an ambush the winter before that. When Siki witnesses the brutal murder of her little brother Tazhi, she vows to become an Apache warrior and avenge her brother's death:
I will die proud.
I will die free.
But first I will live,
and I will fight.
I am Apache.
Apache has been shortlisted for the 2008 Carnegie Medal.
It is on the Years 7-9 booklist of the Premier's Reading Challenge, marked as usually being read by students in Years 9, 10 and above.
