Sounder - William H. Armstrong - Paperback

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 life is changed forever when his father is caught stealing a ham to feed his starving family. His dog, Sounder, is wounded in the incident and waits faithfully for his master to come home. Read by Avery Brooks, this...

"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 life is changed forever when his father is caught stealing a ham to feed his starving family. His dog, Sounder, is wounded in the incident and waits faithfully for his master to come home. Read by Avery Brooks, this...