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March 9, 2019. Published in 1969, ‘Sounder’ by William H Armstrong won the Newberry Medal in 1970, and was made into a movie in 1972. A family of black sharecroppers live a subsistence lifestyle, supplementing their meager diet with what the father can provide from hunting, possums, raccoons. Lately, the raccoons have been scare.
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Sounder is a 1972 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt and adapted by Lonne Elder III from the 1969 novel of the same name by William H. Armstrong. The story concerns an African-American sharecropper family in the Deep South , who struggle with economic and personal hardships during the Great Depression .
Jul 12, 2011 · Harper Collins, Jul 12, 2011 - Juvenile Fiction - 128 pages. This powerful Newbery-winning classic tells the story of the great coon dog Sounder and his family. An African American boy and his family rarely have enough to eat. Each night, the boy's father takes their dog, Sounder, out to look for food. The man grows more desperate by the day.
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Sounder, a young adult novel by William Armstrong, was first published in 1969. The novel revolves around a Black sharecropper’s family and their loyal dog, Sounder, living in the American South during the 19th century. When the father is imprisoned for stealing food to feed his starving family, Sounder’s loyalty and the boy’s quest for ...
Introduction. "Sounder" is a timeless and touching novel written by William H. Armstrong. Set in the 19th century American South, the story follows an African American boy and his family as they struggle against poverty, racism, and injustice. This heartwarming tale explores themes of resilience, love, and the pursuit of knowledge in the face ...
Plot Summary. Sounder is a Young Adult novel by William Armstrong, published in 1969. Winner of the Newbery Award, the book purposefully omits most proper names of people and places in order to unchain its narrative and characters from a specific time and place. The story begins with a young boy asking his father where he got their dog, Sounder.
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Sounder is the tragic and moving story of an unnamed boy who is devoted to his family and their faithful hound, Sounder. His father, jailed for stealing food to feed the starving family, is put on ...
