Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / Joseph Bruchac. - New York : Speak, 2006, c2005. - 231 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227).

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 -- Author's note -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments.

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.

ISBN: 0142405965 (tr. pbk.)

Standard No.: 9780142405963 (tr. pbk.)

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Marine Corps --Participation, Indian--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Navajo language--Fiction.
Code and cipher stories.
Navajo Indians--Fiction.
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.