Title: Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two /
Authors: Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
Publisher: Dial Books,
Year: 2005
Subjects: United States. Participation, Indian Fiction.; United States. Participation, Indian Juvenile fiction.; Navajo language Fiction.; Cryptography Fiction.; Navajo code talkers Fiction.; Navajo Indians Fiction.; Indians of North America Southwest, New Fiction.; World War, 1939-1945 Fiction.; Navajo language Juvenile fiction.; Code and cipher stories.; Navajo Indians Juvenile fiction; Indians of North America Southwest, New Juvenile fiction.; World War, 1939-1945 Juvenile fiction.
Abstract: 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.
Contents: 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.