Sounder
By: William H. Armstrong ; illustrations by James Barkley.
Contributors: Barkley, James, ill.
Publisher: ABC-Clio
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
Subjects: African Americans -- Juvenile fiction; Large type books; 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: Newberry Award, 1970
"Cornerstone books."