TY - BOOK AU - Armstrong,William TI - Sounder SN - 0064400204 PY - 1969///, 1972 CY - New York PB - Harper Collins KW - African Americans KW - Fiction KW - Dogs KW - Family life KW - Poverty N1 - Accelerated Reader; 5.3; 3.0 N2 - 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 devoted relationship with his dog Sounder ER -