000			01755cam a2200313u 4500
001			70662960
003			OCoLC
005			20190501225353.0
007			ta
008			080418t20062005nyu j b 000 1 eng d
020			_a0142405965 _c7.99
024	3		_a9780142405963
040			_aIKG _cIKG
100	1		_aBruchac, Joseph, _d1942-
245	1	0	_aCode talker : _ba novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two _cJoseph Bruchac.
260			_aNew York : _bSpeak, _c2006, c2005.
300			_a231 p. ; _c21 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-227).
505	0		_aSent 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.
520			_aAfter 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.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bMarine Corps _xParticipation, Indian _vJuvenile fiction.
650		0	_aNavajo language _vJuvenile fiction.
650		0	_aCryptography _vJuvenile fiction.
650		0	_aNavajo Indians _vJuvenile fiction.
650		0	_aIndians of North America _zSouthwest, New _vJuvenile fiction.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _vJuvenile fiction.
961	w	l	_t18
999			_c21981 _d21981