Junie L?pez tells, in English and Spanish, of the long friendship between his Mexican American grandfather, Grandpa Lolo, and Manuelito Yazzie, a Navajo, that began with the sale of a horse. Includes glossary.
Battle-hardened World War II sergeant Joe Enders tries to maintain a professional distance when he is assigned to, protect Ben Yahzee, a young recruit fluent in the so-far unbreakable battlefield code based on the Navajo language--mindful of the unspoken order to kill Ben rather than let him be captured by the Japanese.
