Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
Code Talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War II/ Joseph Bruchac. - New York : Speak, 2006, c2005. - 231 p. ; 21 cm.
Wilson's Senior High School, November 2006 Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005 Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2006 School Library Journal, May 2005 Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2007 Booklist starred, February 2005 Library Media Connection starred, February 2006 Kirkus Starred, January 2005 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2005 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2005
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.
6.2 5-8 Follett Library Resources
0142405965
United States. Marine Corps --Fiction.
Navajo language--Fiction.
Cryptography--Fiction.
Navajo Indians--Fiction.
Native Americans--Southwestern states--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PZ7.B82816 / Co 2006
[Fic]
Code Talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War II/ Joseph Bruchac. - New York : Speak, 2006, c2005. - 231 p. ; 21 cm.
Wilson's Senior High School, November 2006 Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005 Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2006 School Library Journal, May 2005 Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2007 Booklist starred, February 2005 Library Media Connection starred, February 2006 Kirkus Starred, January 2005 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2005 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2005
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.
6.2 5-8 Follett Library Resources
0142405965
United States. Marine Corps --Fiction.
Navajo language--Fiction.
Cryptography--Fiction.
Navajo Indians--Fiction.
Native Americans--Southwestern states--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PZ7.B82816 / Co 2006
[Fic]