Joseph Bruchac

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two (Unabridged)

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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.

Author:

Joseph Bruchac

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

05:55

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two (Unabridged)

Children of the Longhouse

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Copies: 1

Eleven-year-old Ohkwa'ri and his twin sister must make peace with a hostile gang of older boys in their Mohawk village during the late 1400s.

Author:

Joseph Bruchac

Lexile:

950L

Return of the Sun: Native American Tales from the Northeast Woodlands

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Native American author and teacher Joseph Bruchac has collected 26 tales from Northeast tribes in this book. Some are gentle and humorous, like "Sunny Wundy's Skipping Stone", about a boy who outwits a stone giant. Others, like "The Origin of Medicine", are darker in tone.

Author:

Joseph Bruchac

Return of the Sun: Native American Tales from the Northeast Woodlands

Children of the Longhouse (Unabridged)

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When Ohkwa'ri overhears a group of older boys planning a raid on a neighboring village, he immediately tells his Mohawk elders. He has done the right thing - but he has also made enemies. Grabber and his friends will do anything they can to hurt him, especially during the village-wide game of Tekwaarathon (lacrosse).

Author:

Joseph Bruchac

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

950L

Length:

03:35

A Boy Called Slow (Unabridged)

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His father had earned the name Returns Again to Strike the Enemy, his uncle Four Horns - good, strong names. But the boy, born many winters ago to the Hunkpapa band of the Lakota Sioux, was called Slow.

Author:

Joseph Bruchac

Grade Level:

Primary

Lexile:

AD690L

Length:

00:12