01250cam a2200337 4500 138291852 TxAuBib 20081104120000.0 961018t19961969||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780439217873 pbk. 0439217873 pbk. (OCoLC)6702505 TxAuBib Armstrong, William Howard, 1914- Sounder / by William H. Armstrong ; ill. by James Barkley. New York : Scholastic, [1996] ©1969. 116 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. 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. 4. 8-12. Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 3.0 84. Awarded the Newbery Medal, 1970. African Americans Fiction. Dogs Fiction. Family life Fiction. Poverty Fiction. Barkley, James. TXGLA