Sounder
By: by William H. Armstrong ; illustrations by James Barkley.
Contributors: Barkley, James, ill.
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Waterville, Me
Language: eng
Subjects: Large type books.; 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