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Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story
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Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story Hardcover - 2018

by Joseph Bruchac; Liz Amini-Holmes (Illustrator)

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 World War II Navajo code talker while capturing the importance of heritage. Full color.


From the publisher

A Junior Library Guild Selection April 2018
2018 Cybils Award Finalist, Elementary Non-Fiction
BRLA 2018 Southwest Book Award
2019 Southwest Books of the Year: Kid Pick
2020 Grand Canyon Award, Nonfiction Nominee
2020-2021 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Master List


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 starred review

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.

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  • Title Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story
  • Author Joseph Bruchac; Liz Amini-Holmes (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Albert Whitman & Company
  • Date 2018-04-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780807500071 / 0807500070
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.2 x 8.2 x 0.4 in (25.91 x 20.83 x 1.02 cm)
  • Ages 06 to 09 years
  • Grade levels 1 - 4
  • Reading level 780
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Religious Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, World War, 1939-1945
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017035797
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 04/01/2018, Page 61
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 06/01/2018, Page 0
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2019, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/2018, Page 88
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/07/2018, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 05/01/2018, Page 114

About the author

As a writer and storyteller, Joseph Bruchac often draws on his Native American (Abenaki) ancestry. Joseph is the author of over 130 books for young readers and adults, including Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two. He lives in New York. Liz Amini-Holmes holds a bachelor's of fine arts degree in illustration from the Academy of Art University and the University of San Francisco. She has illustrated other books for children including Fatty Legs, Miracle, and A Stranger at Home. She lives in California.
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