Sounder
By: William H. Armstrong ; with connections.
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
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.
Novel, followed by narratives and excerpts from related stories and a biographical sketch of the author.