Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story
By Joseph Bruchac and Liz Amini-Holmes
4.5/5
()
About this ebook
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
Chester Nez was a boy told to give up his Navajo roots. He became a man who used his native language to help America win World War II.
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.
Joseph Bruchac
Joseph Bruchac is the author of Skeleton Man, The Return of Skeleton Man, Bearwalker, The Dark Pond, and Whisper in the Dark, as well as numerous other critically acclaimed novels, poems, and stories, many drawing on his Abenaki heritage. Mr. Bruchac and his wife, Carol, live in upstate New York, in the same house where he was raised by his grandparents. You can visit him online at www.josephbruchac.com.
Read more from Joseph Bruchac
Bearwalker Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Whisper in the Dark Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Pond Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Flying with the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear: Tales from Native America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Warriors Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Girl Who Married the Moon: Tales from Native North America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sports Shorts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lay-ups and Long Shots: Eight Short Stories Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Related to Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code
Related ebooks
The U.S. Civil War: A Chronology of a Divided Nation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The American Revolution from A to Z Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Uncle Tom's Cabin (MAXNotes Literature Guides) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMary Walker Wears the Pants: The True Story of the Doctor, Reformer, and Civil War Hero Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Titanic's Tragic Journey: A Fly on the Wall History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMolly Pitcher Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCharlie and the Blanket Toss Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPresidents' Day Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Dog for a Friend Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Your Bones--An Inside Look at Skeletons Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen Rosa Parks Went Fishing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHeroes of the American Revolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe School for Scandal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sky Ship and other stories: A Bloomsbury Reader: Dark Red Book Band Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCaribou: Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmelia Earhart: Aviation Pioneer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBalderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thomas Jefferson: A Life of Patriotism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRobin Hood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cabbages and Kings: Adventure Short Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFarm Boy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Shays' Rebellion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFirst Steamboat Down the Mississippi Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA study guide for Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeorge Washington: Leading a New Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Children's Historical For You
Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Little Town on the Prairie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5By the Shores of Silver Lake Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Farmer Boy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The First Four Years Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Secret Garden: The 100th Anniversary Edition with Tasha Tudor Art and Bonus Materials Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Single Shard: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bronze Bow: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An Elephant in the Garden: Inspired by a True Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Long Winter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On the Banks of Plum Creek Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sarah, Plain and Tall: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alice In Wonderland: The Original 1865 Unabridged and Complete Edition (Lewis Carroll Classics) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsD'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers: For Crown and Glory! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Little House in the Big Woods Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Night Before Christmas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Johnny Tremain: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sign of the Beaver: A Newbery Honor Award Winner Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Little House on the Prairie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prairie Girl: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Dweller on Two Planets Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFairest Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One Crazy Summer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Witch of Blackbird Pond: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Changeling Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code
6 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great short biography of Chester Nez -- really excellent short explanation of both the damage and hostility of the boarding school experience and the value and enduring beauty of tribal life. Also a great short history of the role of code talkers during WWII.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good story - easy to understand, and an important story.