Armstrong, William Howard,  1914- <br/><br/>
Sounder / 
by William H. Armstrong ; illustrations by James Barkley. 
 - New York :  Scholastic Inc.  [1969] 
 - 116 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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 through his relationship with his devoted dog Sounder. 
<br/><br/> Newbery Medal, 1970 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-0-06-440020-6 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>70085030  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Juvenile fiction.<br/>African Americans--Fiction.<br/>Dogs--Fiction.<br/>Family life--Fiction.<br/>Poverty--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Juvenile literature--1969.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.A73394  / So 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]