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Print Material

Author

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

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

Imprint

New York : Speak, 2006, c2005.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
PCMS Historical Fiction	F BRUCHAC	---	Available
PCMS Historical Fiction	F BRUCHAC	---	Available
Pittsburg 1st Fl Young Adult Fiction	YA Bruchac	---	Available

Description	231 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227).
Indexed In:	ALA Booklist
	ALA Notable Book For Children
	ALA Best Book For Young Adults
	Bulletin(Center for Children's Books)
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.
Audience	6.4 Perma-Bound Books.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR RL 6.4 9.0 85819 PCMS.
Subject	United States. Marine Corps -- Indian troops -- Fiction.
	Navajo language -- Fiction.
	Cryptography -- Fiction.
	Navajo Indians -- Fiction.
	Native Americans -- Southwestern States -- Fiction.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Genre/Form	Historical fiction.
ISBN	0142405965 (pbk.)