
Sounder
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The Powerful Newbery Award-Winning Classic
A landmark in children's literature, winner of the 1970 Newbery Medal, and the basis of an acclaimed film, Sounder traces the keen sorrow and the abiding faith of a poor African-American boy in the 19th-century South. The boy's father isa sharecropper, struggling to feed his family in hard times. Night after night, he and his great coon dog, Sounder, return to the cabin empty-handed. Then, one morning, almost like a miracle, a sweet-smelling ham is cooking in the family's kitchen. At last the family will have a good meal. But that night, an angry sheriff and his deputies come, and the boy's life will never be the same.
A landmark in children's literature, winner of the 1970 Newbery Medal and the basis of an acclaimed film, Sounder traces the keen sorrow and the abiding faith of a poor African-American boy in the 19th-century South.
Commonweal
The writing is simple, timeless and extraordinarily moving. An outstanding book.
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Author: Armstrong, William H.
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Pages: 116
- Publication Date: 2019-12-30T00:00:01Z
- Edition: Illustrated
- Binding: Paperback
- MSRP: 15.92
- ISBN13: 9780064400206
- ISBN: 0064400204
- Other ISBN: 9780062105561
- Other ISBN Binding: print
- Language: en_US
- Quality Rating: 1
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