Overview
As a young Navajo boy, Chester Nez had to leave the reservation and attend boarding school, where he was taught that his native language and culture were useless. But Chester refused to give up his heritage. Years later, during World War II, Chester—and other Navajo men like him—was recruited by the US Marines to use the Navajo language to create an unbreakable military code. Suddenly the language he had been told to forget was needed to fight a war. This powerful picture book biography contains backmatter including a timeline and a portion of the Navajo code, and also depicts the life of an original Navajo code talker while capturing the importance of heritage.
Full Product Details
Author: Joseph Bruchac ,
Liz Amini-Holmes
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Imprint: Albert Whitman & Company
Dimensions:
Width: 20.30cm
, Height: 0.20cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.346kg
ISBN: 9780807500071
ISBN 10: 0807500070
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 03 April 2018
Recommended Age: From 6 to 9 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
Bruchac distills his extensive knowledge about the Navajo code talkers in this complex biography for young readers. --Booklist STARRED REVIEW! A perfect, well-rounded historical story that will engage readers of all ages. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) STARRED REVIEW A perfect, well-rounded historical story that will engage readers of all ages.A perfect, well-rounded historical story that will engage readers of all ages. --Kirkus Reviews
Bruchac movingly draws a parallel between the trauma of indigenous boarding schools and war. Amini-Holmes's paintings capture the nightmarish atmosphere of both. --Publishers Weekly A can't-miss picture book biography. --School Library Journal Bruchac distills his extensive knowledge about the Navajo code talkers in this complex biography for young readers. --Booklist STARRED REVIEW! A perfect, well-rounded historical story that will engage readers of all ages. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) STARRED REVIEW A perfect, well-rounded historical story that will engage readers of all ages.A perfect, well-rounded historical story that will engage readers of all ages. --Kirkus Reviews
A can't-miss picture book biography. --School Library Journal Bruchac distills his extensive knowledge about the Navajo code talkers in this complex biography for young readers. --Booklist STARRED REVIEW! A perfect, well-rounded historical story that will engage readers of all ages. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) STARRED REVIEW A perfect, well-rounded historical story that will engage readers of all ages.A perfect, well-rounded historical story that will engage readers of all ages. --Kirkus Reviews
A perfect, well-rounded historical story that will engage readers of all ages. -- Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW! A perfect, well-rounded historical story that will engage readers of all ages. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Bruchac distills his extensive knowledge about the Navajo code talkers in this complex biography for young readers. Booklist A can't-miss picture book biography. School Library Journal Bruchac movingly draws a parallel between the trauma of indigenous boarding schools and war. Amini-Holmes's paintings capture the nightmarish atmosphere of both. Publishers Weekly
Author Information
Novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and anthologist Joseph Bruchac is the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Native Writers Circle of the Americas and also has received both the Traditional Storytelling and the Prose Writing Awards from the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. He is the author of over 100 books for both adults and young readers.
