Walk, no run, to the library and pick up our newest Book Club book, “Code Talker” by Joseph Bruchac
Written on December 5, 2007 – 12:45 pm | by jmeester
Last week Boulder Book Store held a book giveaway, and I was able to obtain 11 copies of Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two.
Booklist’s starred review states, “Six-year-old Ned Begay leaves his Navajo home for boarding school, where he learns the English language and American ways. At 16, he enlists in the U.S. marines during World War II and is trained as a code talker, using his native language to radio battlefield information and commands in a code that was kept secret until 1969 … Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find.”
Remind all of your book club pals that the book is here and ready to read over the Winter Break!
Ms. Meester
