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02353cam a22004331a 4500 001 E972D1B82B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 005 20210814010606 008 031016s2005 nyu d b 000 1 eng d 020 $a 9780439891004 (pbk.) 020 $a 0439891000 (pbk.) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d SILO 082 04 $a 813.5/4 $2 22 100 1 $a Bruchac, Joseph $d 1942- 245 1 $a Code talker : $b a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / $c Joseph Bruchac. 260 $a New York : $b Scholastic, $c c2005. 300 $a 231 p. ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227). 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 610 10 $a United States. $b Marine Corps $x Participation, Indian $v Fiction. 610 17 $a United States. $b Marine Corps. $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 0 $a Navajo language $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Cryptography. $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Navajo Indians. $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Indians of North America $z Southwest, New. $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945. $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Navajo language $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Cryptography. $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Navajo Indians. $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Native Americans $v Fiction. $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a World War, 1939-1945. $v Fiction. $2 sears 939 $a 5774022 941 $a 5 952 $l BRPD251 $d 20240119012611.0 952 $l TAPB572 $d 20221202012656.0 952 $l 63SX755 $d 20171018011132.0 952 $l XGPC697 $d 20160211014947.0 952 $l FLPB224 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E972D1B82B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520AInitiate Another SILO Locator Search