Code Talker
214 pages
Joesph Bruchac

In the next 64 pages of Code Talker a lot happens. Ned goes to many Japanese islands, such as; Guam, Okinawa, and most importantly Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima was the worst place to fight, but the most important for America. America needed this island to help us defeat the Japanese since it was so close to the Japanese empire. While Ned is on the island of Okinawa, he learns that Japan has surrendered due to the two atomic bombs that were dropped on Nagasaki, and Hiroshima. All the marines are celebrating, as they are on the boat to their new missions. Ned goes to San Francisco for only a few months, and then he goes back to his village. Ned resumes his last year of High School, and then he goes to college to become a teacher. The conflict in Code Talker was internal. Ned is seeing his friends dying all around him, and he wonders if he should be more distant towards others. I would rate this about a four, because sometimes the book doesn’t make sense with all the war-shorthand. My book is tying in WWII history by talking about going into battle in WWII. I found an example of foreshadowing. “That was a good time, but I knew it couldn’t last and I was right”(171).