Showing Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac

Paperback. Pub Date: 2006 07 Pages: 231 in Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated. The United States is On at war. And sixteen-year-old Ned Begay wants to join the cause-especially when he hears that Navajos are being Speci.cally recruited by the Marine Corps. So he claims he's old enough to enlist. eezes 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 ave 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 uchac is the award-winning author of more than 100 books. many of which draw on aspects of his Native America...