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Author Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999.

Title Sounder / by William H. Armstrong ; illustrations by James Barkley
Published London : Gollancz, 1971
©1969

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 MELB CRC  82J ARM-S  AVAILABLE
 MELB SPCBC  819 Armstr Wil/Sou  LIB USE ONLY
Description 10 unnumbered pages, 116 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary 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 with the help of the devoted dog Sounder
Notes Awarded the Newbery Medal for 1970
Audience For 11-13 year old children
Notes Newbery medal ; 1970
Subject African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Dogs -- Fiction.
Dogs -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Families -- Southern States -- Juvenile fiction.
Newbery Medal.
Poverty -- Fiction.
Poverty -- Juvenile fiction.
Poverty -- Southern States -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre/Form Fiction.
Author Barkley, James.
LC no. 72169704
ISBN 0575006536