Sounder
William H. Armstrong. 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. "A rarely beautiful, understated novel about a black sharecropper and his family in the 19th-century American South. An extraordinarily sensitive book." -SLJ. "The power of the writing lies in its combination of subtlety and strength." -H.

Grade Level: 6, 7, 8