01025cam a2200277 4500 544121082 TxAuBib 19970514120000.0 121113s1969||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 70085030 /AC/r87 (OCoLC)24455 TxAuBib Armstrong, William Howard, 1914- Sounder / by William H. Armstrong. Illus. by James Barkley. New York : Harper & Row, [1969] 116 p : illus ; 22 cm. Grade-7. 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. 19970514. Afro-Americans Fiction. Dogs Fiction. Family life Fiction. Poverty Fiction. Barkley, James, illus. TXSTN