Code talker

By Derrick Henry, Joseph Bruchac

Subjects: World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Navajo Indians, Indians of north america, fiction, Navajo code talkers, American Indians, Indian, Spies, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 4, United States. Marine Corps, Indian Participation, Navajo, Reading Level-Grade 9, World War, 1939-1945, Historical fiction, Reading Level-Grade 8, Native Americans, United States, Indians of North America, Reading Level-Grade 7, Navajo language, Cryptograpy, Fiction, Children's fiction, Reading Level-Grade 5, Indian troops, Cryptography, Reading Level-Grade 6, Juvenile fiction, Reading Level-Grade 10, Military participation, Code and cipher stories

Description: 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.