Books of the Month
Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker’s Story
By Joseph Bruchac; pictures by Liz Amini-Holmes (Albert Whitman & Company)
Forced to attend a missionary boarding school, Betoli was forbidden to speak Navajo and given the English name Chester. Chester adapted as best he could to the forced assimilation but refused to give up his language and heritage—which he and other Navajo soldiers used to create an unbreakable code that was key to ending World War II.
Us, in Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos
By Lulu Delacre (HarperCollins)
Short stories drawn from true accounts offer moving portraits of the hardships and victories of the diverse Latinos who live in the United States.
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women
Edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale (Annick Press)
The experience of being a Native American woman is vividly illustrated in poems, essays, interviews, photographs, and art.