Code talker, a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two, Joseph Bruchac
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Label
Code talker, a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two, Joseph Bruchac
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227)
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Code talker
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Joseph Bruchac
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, 6.4.Reading Counts!, 6.5.
Sub title
a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
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
Table Of Contents
Sent away -- Boarding school -- To be forgotten -- Progress -- High school -- Sneak attack -- Navajos wanted -- New recruits -- The Blessingway -- Boot camp -- Code school -- Learning the code -- Shipping out to Hawaii -- The enemies -- Field maneuvers -- Bombardment -- First landing -- On Bougainville -- Do you have a Navajo? -- The next targets -- Guam -- Fatigue -- Pavavu -- Iwo Jima -- In sight of Suribachi -- The black beach -- Okinawa -- The bomb -- Going home
Target audience
adolescent
Classification
Creator
Genre
Subject
- World War, 1939-1945 + Cryptography -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Code and cipher stories
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- 1939 - 1945
- Navajo code talkers -- Juvenile fiction
- Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Juvenile fiction
- Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Fiction
- Cryptography -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- War stories
- Navajo Indians -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 + Participation, Indian -- Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Navajo code talkers -- Fiction
- War fiction
- Navajo Indians -- Fiction
- Navajo language -- Juvenile fiction
- Navajo language -- Fiction
Content
Author
Incoming Resources
- Has instance3
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre7
- Subject20
- World War, 1939-1945 + Cryptography -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Code and cipher stories
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- 1939 - 1945
- Navajo code talkers -- Juvenile fiction
- Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Juvenile fiction
- Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Fiction
- Cryptography -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- War stories
- Navajo Indians -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 + Participation, Indian -- Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Navajo code talkers -- Fiction
- War fiction
- Navajo Indians -- Fiction
- Navajo language -- Juvenile fiction
- Navajo language -- Fiction
- Content1
- Author1