wesleylebakken 's review for:

Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac

4.0

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i knew about the code talkers from wwii, but i realized just how much i didn’t actually know. from forced assimilation under the guise of boarding schools to telling the navajo that they were the ones best fit to serve our country in keeping military actions secret, this book covered a lot of the tragic history that went into creating the code talkers that ensured victory in wwii. 

though technically seen as a YA novel, i think the book provides a digestible history for any reader about the long hidden aspects of the war and treatment of native americans through the experiences of a fictional narrator enlisting in the marine core to serve the country that hated him (and still does)