Sounder
By: William H. Armstrong.
Edition: 1st Perennial classics ed.
Series: Perennial classics; Perennial classic.
Publisher: Perennial
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 83
Subjects: African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.; African Americans -- Fiction.; Dogs -- Fiction.; Family life -- Fiction.; Poverty -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and through his relationship with his devoted dog Sounder.
Notes: Newbery Award, 1970