Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

Code Talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / Joseph Bruchac. - New York : Dial Books, c2005. - 231 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227).

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.

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.

ISBN: 0803729219

Standard No.: 9780803729216

Source: Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

LCCN: 2003022792

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Marine Corps --Participation, Indian--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Navajo language--Fiction.
Cryptography--Fiction.
Navajo Indians--Fiction.
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]