Code talker

a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two

First published 2005

About this book

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.

Subjects

CryptograpyIndians of North AmericaNavajo languageUnited States. Marine CorpsJuvenile fictionNavajo IndiansNavajo code talkersIndian ParticipationFictionUnited StatesWorld War, 1939-1945CryptographyIndian troopsCode and cipher storiesAmerican IndiansNative AmericansIndianMilitary participationWorld War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924Historical fictionNavajoReading Level-Grade 5Reading Level-Grade 4Reading Level-Grade 7