How long does it take to read Code Talker?
a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
Joseph Bruchac, Derrick Henry
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac, Derrick Henry takes about 4 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2005. 231 pages, about 63,525 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
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.
Subjects: Cryptograpy, Indians of North America, United States. Marine Corps, Juvenile fiction, Navajo Indians, Navajo code talkers
