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Code Talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
- Title
- Code Talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / Joseph Bruchac.
- Author
- Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
- Publication
- New York : Dial Books, ©2005.
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Details
- Description
- 231 pages; 22 cm
- 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.
- Subjects
- United States > Marine Corps
- Indians of North America
- Navajo Indians
- Juvenile works
- Cryptologic fiction
- 1939 - 1945
- United States > Marine Corps > Participation, Indian > Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Indian > Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography > Juvenile fiction
- War fiction
- Novels
- Navajo Indians > Juvenile fiction
- Code and cipher stories
- World War (1939-1945)
- Indians of North America > Southwest, New > Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Navajo language > Juvenile fiction
- Cryptography
- Southwest, New
- Navajo code talkers > Juvenile fiction
- Military participation > Indian
- Genre/Form
- War fiction.
- Cryptologic fiction.
- Novels.
- Young adult fiction.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227).
- Awards (note)
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006.
- ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2006.
- ALA Notable Books for Children, 2006.
- Contents
- Sent away -- Boarding school -- To be forgotten -- Progress -- High school -- Sneak attack -- Navajos wanted -- New recruits -- The Blessingway -- Boot camp -- Code school -- Learning the code -- Shipping out to Hawaii -- The enemies -- Field maneuvers -- Bombardment -- First landing -- On Bougainville -- Do you have a Navajo? -- The next targets -- Guam -- Fatigue -- Pavavu -- Iwo Jima -- In sight of Suribachi -- The black beach -- Okinawa -- The bomb -- Going home.
- Call Number
- J FIC B
- ISBN
- 0803729219
- 9780803729216
- LCCN
- 2003022792
- OCLC
- 54079926
- Author
- Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- author.
- Title
- Code Talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / Joseph Bruchac.
- Publisher
- New York : Dial Books, ©2005.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227).
- Awards
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006.ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2006.ALA Notable Books for Children, 2006.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1939 - 1945
- Research Call Number
- J FIC B