Bruchac, Joseph,  1942- <br/><br/>
Code talker :  a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / 
Joseph Bruchac. 
 - 231 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227). 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/> Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006.  ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2006.  ALA Notable Books for Children, 2006. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0803729219 9780803729216 9780142405963 0142405965 1415588163 9781415588161 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Junior Library Guild  http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003022792 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Marine Corps --Participation, Indian--Juvenile fiction.<br/>United States. Marine Corps --Indian troops--Fiction.<br/>United States. Marine Corps. <br/>United States. Marine Corps --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1939 - 1945 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Code and cipher stories.<br/>Navajo code talkers--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Navajo language--Juvenile fiction.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography--Juvenile fiction.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Indian--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Navajo Indians--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Juvenile fiction.<br/><br/>Navajo (Langue)--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.<br/>Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Cryptographie--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.<br/>Navajo (Indiens)--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.<br/>----Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.<br/>American Indians--Fiction.<br/>Navajo language.<br/>American Indians--Navajo.<br/>Navajo code talkers.<br/>Code and cipher stories.<br/>Cryptography.<br/>Indians of North America.<br/>Military participation--Indian.<br/>Navajo Indians.<br/>Navajo language.<br/>Navajo language--Fiction.<br/>Cryptography--Fiction.<br/>Navajo Indians--Fiction.<br/>Native Americans--Southwestern states--Fiction.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.<br/>Historical fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New Southwest.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Code and cipher stories.<br/>Young adult fiction.<br/>Fictional Work<br/>Juvenile materials.<br/>Young adult works.<br/>Novels.<br/>Code and cipher stories.<br/>Fiction.<br/>Juvenile works.<br/>War stories.<br/>Novels.<br/>Romans.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.B82816  / Co 2005 PS3552.R794  / C63 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]