The Powerful Newbery
Award-Winning Classic
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. The
boy''s father is a 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.
Winner, 1970 Newbery
Medal
Notable Children''s Books
of 1940–1970 ALA
1970 Fanfare Honor List
The Horn Book
"Best of the Best"
Children''s Books 1966–1978 SLJ
Outstanding Children''s
Books of 1969 NYT
Best for Young Readers
NYTBR
1970 Lewis Carroll Shelf
Award
Children''s Books of 1969
Library of Congress
Children''s Books of the
Year CSA
Some Select Children''s
Books of 1969 Publishers Weekly
Notable Books for the
Portrayal of the Black in Children''s Literature Top of the
News
Mark Twain Award
Missouri
1973 Nene Award
Hawaii
1975 Sue Hefley
Children''s Book Award Louisiana
關於作者:
William H. Armstrong
grew up in Lexington, Virginia.He was graduated from Hampden-Sydney
College and did graduate work at the University of Virginia.He
taught ancient history and study techniques at the Kent School for
fifty-two years. He also had a small