Code Talker
A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
New York : Dial Books, [2005]
Format: Book
Description: 231 pages ; 22 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
United States. Marine Corps -- Participation, Indian -- Juvenile fiction.
Code and cipher stories.
Navajo code talkers -- Juvenile fiction.
Navajo language -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian -- Juvenile fiction.
Navajo Indians -- Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Juvenile fiction.
United States. Marine Corps -- Participation, Indian -- Juvenile fiction.
Code and cipher stories.
Navajo code talkers -- Juvenile fiction.
Navajo language -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian -- Juvenile fiction.
Navajo Indians -- Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 910L
ISBN:
0803729219
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TF Bruchac | Northeast Indoors | Teen Fiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227).
Accelerated Reader 6.4.
Reading Counts! 6.5.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.4 9.0 85819.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.5 13 Quiz: 36318 Guided reading level: NR.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006.
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2006.
ALA Notable Books for Children, 2006.
Accelerated Reader 6.4.
Reading Counts! 6.5.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.4 9.0 85819.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.5 13 Quiz: 36318 Guided reading level: NR.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006.
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2006.
ALA Notable Books for Children, 2006.