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Summary: A short, depressing, easy-to-read book, but interesting.
Review: Sounder is a very depressing book. It tells the story of an African-American family and their coondog, Sounder, living in the harsh life of the South. The story takes place in the cabin of a sharecroppers home and the outlying town. After the mans arrest, the boy, his mother, and Sounder must face the hardships without the father. We really encourage you to read this book.
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Summary: It is the best book I have read.
Review: I liked this beause it is very interesting. At first we had to read it for class. Then I started to like it.I recomend you read it.
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Summary: This book is awesome and also emotionally interesting
Review: I liked this book because I hated books before I read this one.I said to myself that it has to be a very interesting book to acually get me to read past the third chapter.Which I did.And what kept dragging me into this book was how it would mention something about sounder, and another charecter would interrupt and make me wonder what was gonna happen to sounder.The book talks about true events,like when people were treated bad because of there color.And how sounders family would have to steal for food.There is alot of action that is involved inthebook,along wih emotional events.This book is like a sad story,but also teaches the charecters a lesson.But you really wouldn't understand what I'm trying to say unless you have read this book.Which is why I'm encouraging you to read this book, and have as much fun reading it as I did.
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Summary: A Book Full of Expression, and Especially Memorable
Review: I read this book several years ago, and have since regarded it as my all time favorite book. In fourth grade, when we were asked to make an ad for our favorite book, I chose Sounder. When I was asked what my favorite book was at the beginning of school to learn more about each other, I chose Sounder. Now, when my LA teacher asked for our favorite book that we would recomend for others to read, I immediately thought of Sounder. I agree with many of the other reviews. This book was certainly a tear jerker, and it is most definitely a good example of how blacks were once (thank goodness not anymore) treated.
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Summary: A sad and exciting book!
Review: This was a great book about a boy searching for his father who is put in jail. It was exciting when he learned how to read. Mr. Armstrong did a very good job!
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Summary: This book was sad, yet exciting to read.
Review: This was a required reading for 6th grade. At first I wasn't thrilled about reading it, but after the first chapter, I couldn't put the book down. Some parts were very sad, especially when the guard smashed the boy's hand in the gate. It really made me mad that he was treated so badly because he was black. It was a depressing story, but taught you about reality.
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Summary: An American Classic
Review: Sounder is the story of a boy's journey to manhood; about the importance of family, of education, and compassion. Written simply and with truest humanity, it is a book that reaches both children and philosophers alike. (I'm not surprised it is read in schools throughout the world). I loved it and will read it to my children. It is one for the home library. A classic.
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Summary: This book was about a boy going through problems of blacks
Review: Souder was a inspiring and plesurable book. It made me feel like I was the boy in the book. This helped me understand what the blacks went through during that time period. Souder was a book about a young boy living in the 1900 hundreds, living in albama and going through the problems that the blacks had during that period. This boy had a dog named sounder who kind of made the book complete. He was the dog that his father hed when he was a child. He was wiser then the boy himeself. The boys father was is slaved at manchines doing work for no money. He hardly ever saw his father. The books shows how the boy and his family strogle through thi time.
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Summary: It was a great book.
Review: I thought that sounder was a great childrens book for the ages 9-12. It was a very sad and confusing story but it came to me later in the book when it all started to make sense. I really enjoyed it that it was short and not very boring it keeps your attention. I encourage anyone to read it!
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Summary: I wouldnt recommend this book even if i was blind
Review: Im a student from Quito, Ecuador (South America) and I read this book in our English class. For you to know my background is that I lived in Richmond, Virginia USA for 4 years.I just read this book and I have one clear opinion. Its that this book is really bad. Teachers that make their students read this book is really bad. One reason is that the southern language and vocabulary make students see those words and use them which we all know are bad. Like the word "aint". This word does not exist. Also the pronunciation. This book really has no story. The title is wrong because sounder really does not have anything to do with the book. And if you ask me I would be able to make a better title but then again im not an author. And also i if there was the option of 0 stars I would have put it. Rolando A.
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