Art direction, design
Illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes

April 2018 Junior Library Guild Selection
BRLA 2018 Southwest Book Award Winner
2018 Cybils Award Finalist, Elementary Nonfiction
2019 Southwest Books of the Year: Kid Pick
2020 Grand Canyon Award, Nonfiction Nominee

"Bruchac's story dares to go beyond the war in highlighting the postwar trauma that Chester experienced, demonstrated in a beautiful yet haunting illustration that symbolically captures his pain. This tale of a real-life Code Talker humanizes the main character by giving readers the whole picture of his connectedness to home and family, which is reinforced in Amini-Holmes' textured paintings, which resonate on an almost ethereal level. A perfect, well-rounded historical story that will engage readers of all ages."—Kirkus Reviews starred review

“Amini-Holmes’s illustrations are visceral in their depiction of pain; however, these moments are offset by more joyful scenes of Nez with family and his fellow code talkers and of him living ‘The Right Way.’”—School Library Journal