William H. Armstrong
1) Sounder
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
A young Negro boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and to discover that things do not die but become part of other things brings the youngster new hope.
4) Sour land
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
1971.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
5) Trueno
Author
Series
Publisher
Editorial Everest
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
890L
Language
Español
Description
A young Black boy, who loves both his father and a dog named Sounder, must learn to bear the achingly lonely weight of their absence, and accept the different pain and knowledge brought by each one's return.
8) Sounder
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The story of an African American boy, his dog, and his family overcoming adversity during the Great Depression.
9) Sounder
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
This is the story of an 11-year-old black youngster, "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy also makes the arduous crossover from boyhood to manhood, with the help (and sometimes hindrance) of various people along the road.