Sounder by William H Armstrong

Sounder by William H Armstrong

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Sounder by William H Armstrong

SOUNDER by William H. Armstrong is set in the 19th-century American South. It is the story a poor African-American sharecropping family, their faithful dog, Sounder, and the eldest boy's efforts to learn how to read and help his mother to support the family after his father is arrested for stealing a ham. When Sounder chases after the Sheriff's deputies he is shot and he crawls away, seemingly to die. For weeks the boy thinks that he has lost both his father and his dog, but then Sounder comes back, lame and missing an ear. The boy continues to search for his father, until a few years later the father returns home, disabled from a quarry accident. Reunited at last, the father and Sounder go on one final hunting trip together...
William H. Armstrong (1911 - 1999) was an American children's author and educator, best known for his 1969 novel Sounder, which won the Newbery Medal.
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ISBN 13 9780141359779
ISBN 10 0141359773
Title Sounder
Author William H Armstrong
Series A Puffin Book
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Year published 2015-07-02
Number of pages 144
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.