Sounder /

Armstrong, William H. 1914-1999.

Sounder / by William H. Armstrong ; illustrated by James Barkley. - New York ; Harper & Row, [1969] - 116 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

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.

Newbery Award, 1970

3.95

70085030


African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Dogs--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Poverty--Fiction.
Newbery Medal.

JUV PZ 7 .A73394 / So