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      Sounder

      by William Howard Armstrong
      Published
      Jun 1969
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
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      116
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      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 is a 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 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.

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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