Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two Paperback - 2006
by Bruchac, Joseph
- Used
Viewed through the eyes of a 16-year-old Navajo youth, "Code Talker" is a fascinating slice of World War II history by a much-respected and acclaimed author.
Description
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Details
- Title Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
- Author Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Speak, New York
- Date 2006-07-06
- Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # Z03M-00517
- ISBN 9780142405963 / 0142405965
- Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (20.57 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 12 to UP years
- Grade levels 7 - UP
- Reading level 910
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Ethnic Orientation: Native American
- Religious Orientation: Native American
- Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945, Navajo Indians
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006298485
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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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.
