Review – Navajo Code Talkers by Nathan Aaseng (4/5 stars)

Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Non-fiction/History
Length: 128 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Release Date: January 1, 1994
ISBN-13: 978-0802776273
Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone
Source: Borrowed from Mom
Rating: 4/5 stars

“On the Pacific front during World War II, strange messages were picked up by American and Japanese forces on land and at sea. The messages were totally unintelligible to everyone except a small select group within the Marine Corps: the Navajo code talkers-a group of Navajos communicating in a code based on the Navajo language. This code, the first unbreakable one in U.S. history, was a key reason that the Allies were able to win in the Pacific.”

This was an easy to understand and well written history of the Navajo Code Breakers and their role in WWII. There are some good photographs in here that depict the Navajo Code Breakers. This book does a good job of giving a concise history of the Navajo Code Breakers from conception to the end of the war.

Overall I enjoyed learning about this lesser known aspect of WWII. I would recommend for middle grade and older readers who are interested in history and WWII.

This book goes towards the following reading challenges:
– Goodreads Reading Challenge
– Mount TBR Reading Challenge