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Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two Cover Image Book

Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / Joseph Bruchac.

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780803729216
  • ISBN: 0803729219
  • ISBN: 9780142405963
  • ISBN: 0142405965
  • ISBN: 9781415588161
  • ISBN: 1415588163
  • Physical Description: 231 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Dial Books, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227).
Target Audience Note:
910L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.4 9 85819.
Accelerated Reader 6.4.
Reading Counts! 6.5.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.4 9.0 85819.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.5 13 Quiz: 36318 Guided reading level: NR.
Awards Note:
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006.
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2006.
ALA Notable Books for Children, 2006.

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Subject: United States. Marine Corps > Indian troops > Fiction.
Navajo code talkers > Fiction.
Navajo language > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Indian > Fiction.
Navajo Indians > Fiction.
Indians of North America > Southwest, New > Fiction.
Genre: War fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Young adult fiction.

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  • 97 of 99 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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Marion Library JUV BRU (Text) 37810434390109 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Old Fort Branch Library JUV BRU (Text) 37810435251649 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Alexander Main Library YA F Bruchac (Text) 34269001089359 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Alleghany Public Library JF BRUCHAC (Text) 30664100188223 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Alleghany Public Library JF BRUCHAC (Text) 40599000829476 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Anderson Creek School Media Center YA F Bru (Text) 30435382 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library YA BRU (Text) 50503300313485 Young Adult Fiction Available -
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