Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / Joseph Bruchac.
Publication details: New York : Speak, 2006, c2005.Description: 231 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0142405965
- 9780142405963 (pbk.)
- PZ7 .B82816 Cod 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227).
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.
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.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.4 9.0 85819.