Set in the 19th-century American South, this 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 . . .
By:
William H Armstrong Imprint: Puffin Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 8mm
Weight: 106g ISBN:9780141359779 ISBN 10: 0141359773 Series:A Puffin Book Pages: 144 Publication Date:19 August 2015 Recommended Age: From 9 to 12 years Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
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.