Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two

Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / Joseph Bruchac.

Author/creator	Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Dial Books, ©2005.
Description	231 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)	United States. Marine Corps--Participation, Indian --Fiction. United States. Marine Corps--Participation, Indian --Juvenile fiction. Navajo language--Fiction. Code and cipher stories. Navajo code talkers--Fiction. Navajo Indians--Fiction. Indians of North America--Southwest, New --Fiction. World War, 1939-1945--Fiction. Navajo language--Juvenile fiction. Cryptograpy--Juvenile fiction. Navajo Indians--Juvenile fiction. Indians of North America--Southwest, New --Juvenile fiction. World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction.

Contents	Sent away -- Boarding school -- To be forgotten -- Progress -- High school -- Sneak attack -- Navajos wanted -- New recruits -- Blessingway -- Boot camp -- Code school -- Learning the code -- Shipping out to Hawaii -- Enemies -- Field maneuvers -- Bombardment -- First landing -- On Bougainville -- Do you have a Navajo? -- Next targets -- Guam -- Fatigue -- Pavavu -- Iwo Jima -- In sight of Suribachi -- Black beach -- Okinawa -- Bomb -- Going home -- Author's note -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract	After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227).
LCCN	2003022792
ISBN	0803729219
Stock number	Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

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