Sounder Paperback - 2001
by William H. Armstrong
- Used
- Paperback
Sounder cannot save his master--a father driven to steal for his hungry family--from the sheriff's posse, or from the cruel fate that awaits both of them. The man's young son must watch the story unfold helplessly and is forced to bear his sorrow like a man.
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Details
- Title Sounder
- Author William H. Armstrong
- Series Perennial Classics
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 96
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial Modern Classics, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2001-05-15
- Bookseller's Inventory # DD0001681
- ISBN 9780060935481 / 0060935480
- Weight 0.19 lbs (0.09 kg)
- Dimensions 8.05 x 5.35 x 0.27 in (20.45 x 13.59 x 0.69 cm)
- Ages 10 to 13 years
- Grade levels 5 - 8
- Reading level 890
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Catalog Heading: Classics
- Cultural Region: Deep South
- Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Theometrics: Secular
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Death/Dying
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Poverty, Dogs
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00054201
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
From the rear cover
A timeless classic, winner of the John Newberry Medal, and the basis of an acclaimed film, Sounder is a novel that tells of the courage and love that bind a black family together despite the extreme prejudice and inhumanity it faces in the Deep South
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