Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac
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- Age Range: Young Adult
- Pub. Date: July 2006
- 240pp
- Sales Rank: 3,666
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: July 2006
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Paperback, 240pp
- Sales Rank: 3,666
- Age Range: Young Adult
- ISBN-13: 9780142405963
- ISBN: 0142405965
- Edition Description: Reprint
Synopsis
The United States is at war, and sixteen-year-old Ned Begay wants to join the cause—especially when he hears that Navajos are being specifically recruited by the Marine Corps. So he claims he’s old enough to enlist, breezes his way through boot camp, and suddenly finds himself involved in a top-secret task, one that’s exclusively performed by Navajos. He has become a code talker. Now Ned must brave some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with his native Navajo language as code, send crucial messages back and forth to aid in the conflict against Japan. His experiences in the Pacific—from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima and beyond—will leave him forever changed.
Author Biography: Joseph Bruchac is the award-winning author of more than 100 books, many of which draw on aspects of his Native American heritage. He lives in Greenfield Center, New York.
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September 05, 2009: This book was one of the choices on the required summer reading list for 8th graders. My son is not a huge reader but enjoyed this book because it is well written and deals with a subject most people do not know about. The story begins with a straight forward account of how some Navajo children were sent to boarding schools to be "taught" how to be less Navajo. In particular, that the Navajo children should speak only English and not their native language. It talks about pride and, how for the narrator, this was a hurtful experience. However, during World War II, when enemies were breaking military codes, the Navajo language became instrumental in sending messages. Much of the book is about the battles for the South Pacific islands. Information is given when a fellow soldier is killed but it is presented in a matter-of-fact way without being too detailed (the reader comes away with a sadness about, for example, the loss of a friend). Importantly, the book tells about the pride felt by the Navajos who, ultimately, were respected by their peers.
The best book in the World!!!!!!!by Anonymous
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July 29, 2009: I do not read very much at all. But this book i just could not put down. Also easy to understand too.
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