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Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
Author: Bruchac, Joseph

Publisher: Dial Books (2005)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 229 p., 21 cm.

BTSB No: 163288

ISBN: 9780803729216

Ages: 10-14

Grades: 5-9

Subjects:
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Indian troops -- Fiction
Navajo language -- Fiction
Cryptography -- Fiction
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction

Price: $7.37

Summary:
Ned Begay and other Navajo men become code talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 6.40
   Points: 9.0   Quiz: 85819

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 9-12
   Reading Level: 6.50
   Points: 13.0   Quiz: 36318

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (+) (01/15/05)
   School Library Journal (00/05/05)
   Booklist (+) (02/15/05)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/02/15)

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