Sounder /
by William H. Armstronge : illustrated by James Barkley
- New York : Scholastic ; 1969 .
- 116 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm .
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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.