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Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
Audience Teens 14-17 years
Published 2006 by Speak, New York
ISBN 0142405965
Bib Id 1045350
Copyright 2005
Description 231 p. ; 21 cm.
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0142405965 paperback $8.00
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9780142405963
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FIC Bruchac
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Title
Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
Copyright Date
2005
Description
231 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography
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 -- Author's note -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments.
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.
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