Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.7
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1842
Points per Word
0.000271
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Read how Navajo Marines risked their lives to translate secret messages during World War II. Learn what makes the Navajo language ideal for encoding messages and the special vocabulary the code talkers used in battle.