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Author:

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

Title:

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

Edition:

[Literature circle ed.].

Publisher:

ScholasticInc.,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

230 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Marine Corps--Participation, Indian--Juvenile fiction.
Navajo code talkers--Juvenile fiction.
Navajo language--Juvenile fiction.
Cryptography--Juvenile fiction.
Navajo Indians--Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Native Americans--Southwest, New--Juvenile fiction.

Notes:

"This special edition includes questions and activities to inspire discussion and enhance your reading."--p. [4] of cover. "This edition is available for distribution only through the school market."--p. [4] of cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227)

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.

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.

ISBN:

9780439891004
0439891000

Locations:

GSPC501 -- Colfax Public Library (Colfax)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

W7PA017 -- Public Resource Technology Center (Orient Public Lib) (Orient)

RVPB135 -- Pomeroy Public Library (Pomeroy)