Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War II
By Joseph Bruchac
Publisher
Dial
Imprint
Dial
ISBN
By Joseph Bruchac
0803729219
Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War II
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SKU
9780803729216J
Ned Begay has been taught by his white teachers that the Navajo language is useless and should be forgotten. Now the U.S. Marines are specifically recruiting Navajos in the war against Japan. Though only sixteen, Ned claims he is old enough to enlist and breezes his way through boot camp. Sudenly, he finds himself sending and receiving top-secret messages in an unbreakable code based on his native language.
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