Item details: Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two - 30491538

Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two

text Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two

Bruchac, Joseph

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.

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 mane... Read more

Format: text

Description: 231 pages ; 22 cm

Publisher: Dial Books 2005

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