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Sounder
Sounder | William H. Armstrong
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The Powerful Newbery Award-Winning ClassicA landmark in children's literature, winner of the 1970 Newbery Medal, and the basis of an acclaimed film, Sounder traces the keen sorrow and the abiding faith of a poor African-American boy in the 19th-century South. The boy's father isa sharecropper, struggling to feed his family in hard times. Night after night, he and his great coon dog, Sounder, return to the cabin empty-handed. Then, one morning, almost like a miracle, a sweet-smelling ham is cooking in the family's kitchen. At last the family will have a good meal. But that night, an angry sheriff and his deputies come, and the boy's life will never be the same.A landmark in children's literature, winner of the 1970 Newbery Medal and the basis of an acclaimed film, Sounder traces the keen sorrow and the abiding faith of a poor African-American boy in the 19th-century South.
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Susanita
Sounder | William H. Armstrong
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RIP Cicely Tyson. I‘m not sure if I ever read the book, but the@movie made me ugly cry.

DaveGreen7777 😢😢😢 3y
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em_lemo
Sounder | William H. Armstrong
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This book is a Historical Fiction book that was published in 1969. The book was great and interesting throughout. The length of the book is great for those who are starting to read chapter books, and allows for one to reflect on the history within the book.
The book explains the struggles of black family. One of the struggles that the reader is introduced to in the beginning is that the father in the family is imprisoned because he stole a ham.

em_lemo Something one will learn while reading the book is that the father and his dog, Sounder, go hunting every night to find food for the family. After the father gets arrested, the little boy cannot find the dog but finds one of the dogs ears detached. Finally the dog comes home and the story goes on.
One of my favorite lines throughout this book is,
“One day might be different from another, but there ain't much difference when they're put together.“
4y
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Aseleener
Sounder | William H. Armstrong
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*Unpopular opinion* I read this to my 8 and 10 yr daughters. It's the October pick for my classic lit book club. Honestly, I didn't love it. The writing was seriously lacking for me. The author failed to illicit any emotion from us; I think we didn't care that much bc there is no character development to speak of. I'm really not sure what we were supposed to take away from this book. It wasn't even about the dog at all. #kiddielit #overdrive

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Bookzombie
Sounder | William H. Armstrong
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#24in48 Hour 18 Challenge - What‘s on your nightstand? I keep my library checkouts on the shelf at the bottom (some are on my desk as they are my stack for the readathon) and any current reads. The mug has some of my bookmarks, an eyeglass cleaning cloth, and a lip balm.

Reviewsbylola My library books are on my nightstand too! (edited) 6y
GondorGirl I love the idea of using a mug for all the little things that accumulate. Mine always ends up 6y
GondorGirl (Cont...) Mine always end up on the floor or stolen by a cat. I might have to steal your idea. 😁 6y
Bookzombie @Reviewsbylola It‘s so helpful to keep them together! 6y
Bookzombie @GondorGirl Steal away! I put my book on the floor when I go to bed. I have been known to knock it off in the middle of the night. 6y
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ERodriguez
Sounder | William H. Armstrong
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Sounder by William H. Armstrong a Newbery Medal Award Book.Sounder a NF story about an African-American family in the 19th century who had very little food. The father was a sharecropper, goes hunting for food for his family with Sounder , their dog . One day he stole a hog. He gets arrested and the mean sheriff shoots at Sounder. Sounder was no where to be found. The mom used to tell the children Sounder will return as soon as he is better.

ERodriguez Throughout the story the mom and children work real hard to have food. The boy traveles to different camps to find his dad . In one of his journey he meets a teacher .The teacher helps him , and ask him to attend school . The boy loved to read. Even though his mom struggled,she said he could go . He would go to school for a season then come and work with his mom. 6y
ERodriguez Finally his dad come home, but he was insured . He could not walk or work like before. In the end they go through more sad times. However the boy kept going to school and the family struggle but had enough for the day. 6y
ERodriguez Great story of courage and a family bond. For this novel LC will be great. After the class will create a triple-entry chart. Every group will have three index cards , the will write a specific detail about the setting ,the affects on the characters lives and historical facts. As each group is done they will paste index cards to the chart . https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/sounder-lesson... (edited) 6y
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ERodriguez EL 13/Use preview and review activities. UDL 4.1/Varied the method of response and navigation. #UCFLAE3414SuB18 (edited) 6y
SierraC Excellent book for Black history month as well as to keep in your classroom library! Wonderful post :) 6y
DrSpalding Excellent resource! Extra effort on the image. Minor errors. 6y
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TheBookgeekFrau
Sounder | William H. Armstrong
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Read this in 6th grade—never forgot it and can still cry to this day (so many, many moons after 6th grade) thinking about the ending

#JuneItsElectrifying Day8 #HoundDog

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awwww 😢😢 6y
vkois88 All the feels 6y
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NikkiKey94
Sounder | William H. Armstrong
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1. Sounder
2. I have three dogs! They are my babies!
3. Dogs (obviously)
4. I think a bird because I would be able to fly anywhere!

#manicmonday @JoScho

JoScho I have three and feel the same way 💕 6y
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Bookish.Heart
Sounder | William H. Armstrong
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I‘m on my lunch hour so I finally have time to get started on the #throwbackreadathon! First up is Sounder. I can‘t remember if I read this as a kid. It‘s a Newberry winner and sounds wonderful.

Meeko93 I remember this book! 6y
Bookish.Heart @Meeko93 Yeah! Some parts seem vaguely familiar to me so I must‘ve read it. But it was a bad idea to read at lunch because I‘m crying into my sandwich. 6y
monalyisha I may read some Frog & Toad Books tomorrow when I‘m at work; this is related because I also can‘t remember if I read them as a kid or not! I feel like I must have, though, right??? Hasn‘t everyone? 6y
Clwojick Frog and toad! @monalyisha 💚🐸 6y
Bookish.Heart @Clwojick @monalyisha I love Frog and Toad! 6y
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AtomCornett
Sounder | William H. Armstrong
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I know my eyes read something...

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youngreadrshelf
Sounder | William H. Armstrong
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Young boy's father is a sharecropper who has trouble putting food on the table. Every night he and the dog Sounder go out hunting. One morning the boy wakes to the smell of ham. Later some men come calling. They take his father to prison for stealing the meat.

The story follows what happens to the family after the father's arrest. It never flinches from the difficulties, but also the reader sees the boy knows no other reality.

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youngreadrshelf
Sounder | William H. Armstrong
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Next up in my kid reads is this one. Although I think I read it many years ago.

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