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The Newbery Medal-winning classic novel about the courage and faith--and the love of a dog--that give a family strength in the face of inhumanity.

The boy knows that times are tough for his family. Every night, his father goes out hunting with... Read Full Overview

This powerful Newbery-winning classic tells the story of the great coon dog Sounder and his family. An African American boy and his family rarely have enough to eat. Each night, the boy's father takes their dog, Sounder, out to look for food. The man grows more desperate by the... Read Full Overview

Est? por finalizar el Siglo XIX. Para los Estados Unidos de Am?rica ha sido un per?odo violento; el pa?s reci?n comienza a recuperarse de una sangrienta guerra civil. Una familia sure?a apenas sobrelleva su penosa situaci?n econ?mica. El padre est? totalmente desesperado porque... Read Full Overview

Sounder is a remarkable story, compassionate, powerfully moving, showing the qualities of dignity and endurance at their highest, in both man and beast. A memorable dog story, it is also the chronicle of a man, a woman, and a boy, equally hard to forget. . . . Sounder... Read Full Overview