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

Title Sounder / by William H. Armstrong ; illustrations by James Barkley.

Publication Info. New York : HarperCollins, [1969]
©1969
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1171087~S1
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 95th Street Juvenile Fiction  J ARMSTRON    AVAILABLE
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Description 116 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note Newbery Medal award.
Audience 10-14.
Note 10-14.
Audience 5-9.
Note 5-9.
Audience 900 Lexile
Note 900 Lexile
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 3
Note Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 3
Study Program Reading Counts 6-8 4.9 6 T
Note Reading Counts 6-8 4.9 6 T
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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 3 84
Note Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 3 84
Awards Newbery Medal 1970 ; Mark Twain Award 1972.
Subject African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Dogs -- Juvenile fiction.
Poverty -- Juvenile fiction.
Local Subject NEWBERY MEDAL (1970 WINNER).
Added Author Barkley, James, illstrator.
ISBN 0060201436
0060201444 (lib. bdg.)
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October 11 2011
SRP 2011 REVIEW: It is very sad but it is a story where a kid makes a statement about loving something, like a dog so much.
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