Sounder
By: by William H. Armstrong ; illustrated by James Barkley.
Contributors: Barkley, James, ill.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
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