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Author:

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Speak,

Copyright Date:

2006, c2005

Description:

231 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

United States--Marine Corps--Indian troops--Juvenile fiction.
United States--Marine Corps--Indian troops--Fiction.
United States--Marine Corps--Fiction
Cryptography--Juvenile fiction.
Cryptography--Fiction.
Cryptography--Fiction
Native Americans--Southwestern states--Fiction
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction
Navajo language--Juvenile fiction.
Navajo language--Fiction.
Navajo language--Fiction
Navajo Indians--Juvenile fiction.
Navajo Indians--Fiction.
Navajo Indians--Fiction

Summary:

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.

Indexed by:

Wilson's Junior High School.
Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.)
School Library Journal.

ISBN:

0142405965
9780142405963

Locations:

T2PB062 -- Atkins Public Library (Atkins) — t2pb062

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

EGPB605 -- Larchwood Public Library (Larchwood)

FWPE284 -- Manchester Public Library (Manchester)

TLPB492 -- Krabbenhoft Public Library (Sabula)

YWPD162 -- Tipton Public Library (Tipton)