Sounder
by William Howard Armstrong
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good-/No jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0064400204
- ISBN 13
- 9780064400206
- Seller
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Rensselaer, New York, United States
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About This Item
The classic story of a poor African-American boy, the family's "coon dog" Sounder, and the boy's beloved father. When the father is sent to prison, the boy's love for his father is tested. Winner of the 1970 Newbery Medal. A clean, unmarked copy in very good condition.
Synopsis
Sounder is a young adult novel by William H. Armstrong. It is the story of an African-American boy living with his sharecropper family in Depression-era Louisiana. Although the family's difficulties increase when the father is imprisoned for stealing pig meat and chicken, the boy still hungers for an education. Sounder won the Newbery Award in 1970, and was made in to a major motion picture in 1972.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Portia's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 339
- Title
- Sounder
- Author
- William Howard Armstrong
- Illustrator
- Barkley, James
- Format/Binding
- Paperbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0064400204
- ISBN 13
- 9780064400206
- Publisher
- HarperTrophy, a division of HarperCollins | Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 116
- Size
- 7.5 x 5.25 inches
- Keywords
- American history, American fiction, Chapter Books, Young adult, Newbery Medal
- Bookseller catalogs
- Young Adult; Chapter books; Classics; Coming of Age;
Terms of Sale
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...