Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / Joseph Bruchac.
| Author/creator | Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Dial Books, ©2005. |
| Description | 231 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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 -- Author's note -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227). |
| LCCN | 2003022792 |
| ISBN | 0803729219 |
| Stock number | Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com |