Cover image for Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
Title:
Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
ISBN:
9780803729216
Publication Information:
New York : Dial Books, c2005.
Physical Description:
231 p. ; 22 cm.
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.
Reading Level:
910 L Lexile
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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