Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
by Bruchac, Joseph
ALA Best Book for Young AdultsALA Notable/Best BooksLanguage/CommunicatingHistorical FictionWorld War II EraU.S.Indigenous PeoplesYALSA Popular Paperbacks
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AR Book Level
6.4
AR Points
9
Word Count
56,150
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
85819 EN
About this book
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. The plot contains mild profanity, violence, and alcohol use.