Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / Joseph Bruchac.
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: 9780439891004
- ISBN: 0439891000
- ISBN: 9780803729216
- ISBN: 0803729219
- ISBN: 9780142405963
- ISBN: 0142405965
- Physical Description: 231 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, New York : Dial Books, [2005]
- Copyright: ©2005
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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- 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.
Available copies
- 90 of 96 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 2 of 2 copies available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 96 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berea Library | YA FIC BRUCHA (Text) | 42756201634109 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | YA BRU (Text) | 0020511422956 | Young Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/22/2026 |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | YA BRUCHAC (Text) | 540191011031170 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library | TEEN F BRU (Text) | 39488900268006 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Canton Library | YF Bruchac (Text) | 33115007712245 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Canton Library | YF Bruchac (Text) | 33115007719580 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Columbus Library | YA F BRU C. 2 (Text) | 31250200036115 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | TEEN BRUCHAC (Text) | 31781063864811 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Danbury Public Library | YA BRUCHAC (Text) | 40599000916901 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Dunn Public Library | J F Bru (Text) | 33436001250296 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
