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Sounder
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 isa 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. .
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Three Dog Tales: Old Yeller, Sounder, Savage Sam (Harperperennial Modern Classics)
Three classic dog tales brought together in a single volume Old Yeller
Winner of the Newbery Honor When his father sets out on a cattle drive for the summer, fourteen-year-old Travis is left to take care of his mother, younger brother, and the family farm. In the wilderness of early frontier Texas, Travis faces his new and often dangerous responsibilities, with many adventures along the way, all with the help of the big yellow dog who comes to be his best friend. Sounder
Winner of the John Newbery Medal Sounder is a loyal family dog, determined to help his owners through thick and thin. This is the story of a great coon dog and the poor sharecroppers who own him, and of the courage and love that bind a black family together in the face of extreme prejudice from the outside world. Savage Sam In this sequel to Old Yeller, Travis and his younger brother are kidnapped by an Indian raiding party, and Savage Sam, the son of the beloved yellow dog, leads a frantic chase to bring them back. .
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A Guide for Using Sounder in the Classroom
This resource is directly related to its literature equivalent and filled with a variety of cross-curricular lessons to do before, during, and after reading the book. This reproducible book presents an exciting approach to teaching well-known literature! It includes sample plans, author information, vocabulary building ideas, cross-curriculum activities, sectional activities and quizzes, unit tests, and many ideas for culminating and extending the novel..
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Newbery Award Library Box Set: Sounder, Onion John, Julie of the Wolves, It's Like this Cat
Newbery Award Library Four Newbery Medal-winning novels about the adventure of growing upIt's Like This, Catby Emily Cheney Neville Dave has problems with his father. So he roams the city streets a lot, which leads hint to befriend a tough tomcat, a troubled 19-year-old boy, and a girt at a record counter, who change the way he, sees himself, his father ... and life.Julie of the Wolvesby Jean Craighead George Lost on the Alaskan tundra, Miyax, a runaway Eskimo girl, realizes that only the wolves can help her. How she befriends Amaroq, an alpha wolf, who saves her life and gives her a new appreciation of her heritage, is a heart-expanding adventure story.Onion Johnby Joseph Krumgold Who is to say who you are? You, or someone else? It takes Onion John, an immigrant worker whom the, townsfolk are always trying to help in the wrong way, to make Andy, a star Little Leaguer -- and future engineer, according to his father -- understand about making choices.Sounderby William H. Armstrong This epic story, which was made into the famous award-winning movie, tells of the adversities that befall a black sharecropper and his family, and of the dignity and love with which theyand their faithful coon dog, Sounder -- respond. .
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Sounder: With Connections
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