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Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / Joseph Bruchac.

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780439891004
  • ISBN: 0439891000
  • ISBN: 9780803729216
  • ISBN: 0803729219
  • ISBN: 9780142405963
  • ISBN: 0142405965
  • Physical Description: 231 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Dial Books, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher information and pagination may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227).
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: United States. Marine Corps > Indian troops > Fiction.
Navajo code talkers > Fiction.
Navajo language > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Indian > Fiction.
Navajo Indians > Fiction.
Indians of North America > Southwest, New > Fiction.
Genre: War fiction.
Young adult fiction.

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  • 90 of 93 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Harnett County Library.

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Anderson Creek School Media Center YA F Bru (Text) 30435382 Young Adult Fiction Available -
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24510. ‡aCode talker : ‡ba novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / ‡cJoseph Bruchac.
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bDial Books, ‡c[2005]
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500 . ‡aPublisher information and pagination may vary.
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5050 . ‡tSent away -- ‡tBoarding school -- ‡tTo be forgotten -- ‡tProgress -- ‡tHigh school -- ‡tSneak attack -- ‡tNavajos wanted -- ‡tNew recruits -- ‡tBlessingway -- ‡tBoot camp -- ‡tCode school -- ‡tLearning the code -- ‡tShipping out to Hawaii -- ‡tEnemies -- ‡tField maneuvers -- ‡tBombardment -- ‡tFirst landing -- ‡tOn Bougainville -- ‡tDo you have a Navajo? -- ‡tNext targets -- ‡tGuam -- ‡tFatigue -- ‡tPavavu -- ‡tIwo Jima -- ‡tIn sight of Suribachi -- ‡tBlack beach -- ‡tOkinawa -- ‡tBomb -- ‡tGoing home.
520 . ‡aAfter 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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650 0. ‡aIndians of North America ‡zSouthwest, New ‡vFiction. ‡0(CARDINAL)446001
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