Code Talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / Joseph Bruchac.
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TextPublication details: New York : Dial Books, c2005.Description: 231 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0803729219
- Navajo language -- Fiction
- Cryptography -- Fiction
- Navajo Indians -- Fiction
- Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Fiction
- United States. Marine Corps -- Indian troops -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- United States. Marine Corps -- Participation, Indian -- Juvenile 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
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- PZ7.B82816 Co 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227).
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.
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.
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