Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
(2006)
Fiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Recorded Books, Inc., 2006
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (5hr., 55 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781449893309 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT13525572, 1449893309 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 13525572
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Narrated by Derrick Henry
Code Talker, with starred reviews from Booklist and Kirkus Reviews, is a Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth. Although the mission school bans all that is Navajo, Ned secretly clings to his native language and culture. Proudly joining the U.S. Marines in 1943, he becomes a top-secret Navajo Code Talker. During bloody battles for Japanese islands, Ned and his brave band of code-talking brothers save thousands of lives using Navajo encryption the enemy never cracks
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