PZ7.B82816Co 2005 -dc22 2003022792 ISBN: 978-0-3 Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Summary: After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, 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. Code talker: a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / Joseph Bruchac. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), Cnr Airborne and Rosedale Roads, Albany, Auckland 1310, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Registered Offices: Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England First published in the United States of America by Dial Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2005 Published by Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2006 Copyright © Joseph Bruchac, 2005 All rights reserved THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE DIAL BOOKS EDITION AS FOLLOWS: Bruchac, Joseph, date. SPEAK Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. OTHER BOOKS BY JOSEPH BRUCHAC The Arrow Over the Door Children of the Longhouse Eagle’s Song The Heart of a Chief The Winter PeopleĬODE TALKER A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two JOSEPH BRUCHAC The lives of many men depended entirely on our memories.

After all, I was expected to remember, as were the other men trained with me. But I think that I can do it well enough.

I must remember not only the great secret with which I was trusted, but also all that happened to me and those like me.

There is much that I must remember to speak for this medal, to tell its story as it should be told. It is the true story of how Navajo Marines helped America win a great war. This small piece of metal holds a story that I was not allowed to speak for many winters. Grandchildren, you asked me about this medal of mine.

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