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Summary: Sounder
Review: I, over the summer, read a both heartwarming and depressing story about a boy growing up in the harsh south during a time of segregation. He goes through many hard times throughout the course of the story, including when his father gets arrested for stealing to feed his family. His father goes out every night only to come back empty handed. so one day he steals some ham and is put in jail. as they're taking him away Sounder, the family pet, gets shot trying to protect his master. Sounder runs away and eventually dies...this story by William Howard Armstrong made quite an impression on me, and it will do the same for you.
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Summary: Sounder
Review: I have just read a great book called Sounder written by William H. Armstrong. It was about a dog that was one of the best coon dog anyone could get. He was a hero also for trying to save his master against 3 men by himself. Armstong has done a great job with this book. He puts parts in where it makes you laugh,makes you wonder,and makes you mad.One part that disappointed me was when the 3 men came and took the children's father and threw him in the back of the carriage while the children where looking. The children and thier mother din't know what to do,so they sat and watched. They knew there was nothing they could do 2on 3 was an unfair fight. Then the great dog jumped up and broke the rope. He went after the carriage and was shot and later died. other than I liked it a lot.
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Summary: Sounder
Review: In my opinion, "Sounder" is an excellent book. It's a book about a black boy growing up with no father and an injured dog in a time of segregation. I liked this book because it is a very emotional book. To me, I felt like I was there with the boy and I could feel his pain. Every move he made, I made with him. If he cried, I cried, if he laughed, I laughed. And though it was a sad book, I enjoy reading about people's lives, whether the book is fiction or non fiction. Therefore, I recommend this book to people who enjoy fiction or non ficton books about people's lives. I also recommend this book to people who like reading about black people and white people who were prejudice. And for me, a person who doesn't like to read, a book has to be pretty good if I like it. And this book I like.
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Summary: Sounder
Review: This award winning book is one of the best books that I have ever read. This book was written by William H. Armstrong. Sounder traces the keen sorrow and the abiding faith of a poor African-American boy in th 19th century in the South. The boy's father is a sharecroper, struggling to feed and support his family. 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 ha 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
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Summary: This was great book
Review: Sounder was a great book. It is about a african americanfamily that is poor. There father wa barley making the money for foodfor the family. But there father was hailed off to jail and left the famliy to fend for them selfs. While he is in jail he dies and now the family is really screwed. So the son of the family takes the dofg sounder out to hunt to get the food for the family. they do this for a while until some people catch them. They are chased by the guys and sounder get shot by a shotgun. He drags off into the woods and stays there. The boy cant find him so he is stuck at home trying to survive with the fear, anger,pain and sorrow and waiting for somthing good to happen. I am a eighth grader and really dont like to read but this book was one of the best I have read in m life.
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Summary: Lost dog
Review: Sounder is a dog that lives with a family that is poor . The famaly are African American . The dog go out to hunt for food for the family . Thay live in the Southern United States in a cabin . The family members are also slaves The father goes to jail and also dies . Sounder and the boy go hunting for food . Thay only find very little food because it is winter . The slaves try to survive with out food .
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Summary: Guaranteed to knock your shoes off!
Review: This book is about a boy who has problems. The boy and his father are black.Many of the white people dislike them. One day two big white men barged into their house and kidnapped his father and shot the family dog.When they let their father free he dies. The boy's mother is faced with a challenge as to why the father died. After he died. she failed the challenge. The challenge was to support her family with enough food.
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Summary: sounder is a good book to read
Review: This book is about a family that struggles to feed their young ones. The father is a share cropper and does not make enough money to buy food, but then the father goes to jail and dies. They start to hunt then they try to get away from the suffering. This book is a good book to read. I don't know if you might like it but that is my opinion. If you like this book maybe we can share our thoughts.
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Summary: Sounder
Review: I thought the book was excellent because it was about life in the poor South and how a dog can be more than just "man's best friend." I have two dogs and I know how important they are to me. That's why I know that "Sounder" was a true story that everyone should read. The only part I didn't like was that Sounder was the only character in the story that had a name. Everyone else was just called "father", "mother" or "boy."
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Review: I think the book, Sounder, by William H. Armstrong, was very good. The story is about a boy who has a dog named Sounder. The family is poor so the father must steal to feed his family. His father is taken to jail and Sounder tries to protect him but gets hurt. What I thought was interesting about this book is the story is based upon William Armstrong's teacher's life experience of this. I enjoyed the way it made me think about the story in different ways. I enjoyed the characters because they had distinct personalities. For instance, the boy was very determined to find his father, and the other characters thoughts and emotions were very well described. All of the story elements together helped me picture the story as if I had witnessed it. The setting was described in great detail just like the plot and the characters were also. It was amazing that everything about the book could seem so real. The thing I enjoyed most in the story was the way the dog's bark was described. It was described with beautifully written similes and metaphors to portray how it sounded. The dog, Sounder, was named for it's bark because people could hear the bark louder and richer than any other dog's bark. For all of these reasons I will highly recommend this book with five out of five stars. There were only two things in this story I did not like very much. One is the abruptness of the time periods. In one paragraph it went from seasons to years. Another is that not very much detail about the boy when he was searching for his father was given. Overall though, I felt this book was one that should be read more than once.
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