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Avery Brooks
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 their great coon dog, Sounder, to try to put food on the table. But even with the little they bring back, there is still never enough for the family to eat.
When the boy awakens one morning to a sweet-smelling ham on the table, it seems like a blessing. But soon, the sheriff and his deputies come to the house and take the boy's father away in handcuffs. Suddenly the boy must grow up fast in a world that isn't fair, keeping hope alive through the love he has for his father's faithful dog, Sounder. Listeners who enjoy timeless dog stories such as Old Yeller and Where the Red Fern Grows will find much to love in Sounder, even as they listen through tears at times.
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Sounder, a Newbery Medal-winning novel, is a poignant tale of resilience and hope set in the rural South. The story's precise time and location are deliberately left ambiguous, lending it a timeless quality that resonates with readers across generations. Armstrong refrains from using character names, instead referring to them by their roles or relationships.
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- 1970 Newbery Medal Winner
"The magnificent trained bass of Avery Brooks is a beautiful compliment to Armstong's prose; words and voice clearly paint images and evoke emotional responses from the listener." (AudioFile)
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It is a sad story
Sounder is the best book I've read
Awsome book
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Beautiful Story about a man and his dog!
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Sad but powerful!
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Skillfully written, astounding narration!
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This book was ok...
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Awesome book and narrator
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We dislike this book because the father and the dog dies.
Sounder
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great book sad though I don't do well with this su
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As good as I remembered it being when I first read it as a selection from the Scholastic book catalogue
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Such a sad story
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