Sounder

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Summary: Sounder
Review: This childrens book by William Howard Armstrong digs into the life of a young black boy, his father and their dog, Sounder. It is set in the old south and details the struggles of an African American family of this time. The usual struggles for this family are getting food and staying warm until one terriable night that changes the family forever. The father is taken to jail and Sounder is wounded in the struggle. From that night on the boys life is faced with even more struggles to survive, as he is hoisted to the head of the house. He worries about his fathers well being, which sends him onn many adventures looking for him. Through all of the bad the boy does manage to find the good in all occasions.
This would be a great read for fourth to eighth grade students. It is a truthful and detailed insight into the history of the African-American race.

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Summary: The wonderful dog
Review: I like the book becasue the dog gets shot; the boy thinks he is dead because of what his mom told him. The boys father comes home and sounder comes out from under the house and he is alive, but then the boys father dies and sounder dies a while afer his master dies. The boy learned how to read at the end of the book. He tells his brother and sisters the stories that his mother used to tell him over and over again.When the boy started to read the book that he got from the trash he might teach his brother and sisters and the boy was the first one to read a book in his family.

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Summary: A Must Read
Review: This moving coming of age story will make you laugh and will make you cry. My 11 year old daughter loved it & still talks about it. My daughter said it ranked up there w/ her all time favorite dog story "The Wreck of the Ethie". Terrific book for the entire family to share.

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Summary: Sounder Book Review
Review: Sounder
By: William H. Armstrong
Reviewed by: W. ...
Period: 4

This book is about an African American boy in the 19th century. His father is a sharecropper and he struggles to feed his family. One day some deputies come and arrest his father and shoot Sounder, the dog. The boy searches for his dog and when he finally finds Sounder as a crippled dog, he goes out to fine his father. He finally finds his father and gets and education.

I liked the book because it shows the real world. "Part of the cake fell to the floor; it was only a box of crumbs now. The man swore again and made the boy pick up the crmbs from the floor." "The deputy who wasn't holding the reins turned on the seat, aimed his shotgun at the dog jumping at the side of the wagon, and fired." It shows that life is unfair and we just have to deal with it.

I dislikes the book because it didn't really have much to do with it's title, Sounder. Sounder is a dog, and the only think that happens to the dog is that his ear and his leg is missing. Sounder also howls a lot. Other than that, there was no point of having Sounder.

My favorite part of the book was at the end when it talks about life and what it really is. It says, "Only the unwise think that what has changed is dead." It also says that history repeats itself. Throughout the book, the boy's mom keeps on singing the song that gives the boy inspiration to find his dog and his dad.

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Summary: Sounder an excellent book
Review: Sounder a touching book about the strong and lasting ties of hardship, love,and loyalty. This story begins when a boy, a dog named Sounder and the boy's family begin a journey. When a African American family in the deep south, tries to survive the hardships left from the Civil War, problems start to occur, such as poverty and predjudice people. This is a story about a boy, a father, and a dog, Sounder. All the boy wants to do is conquer is ambition in life which is to read and write. Throughout the book , bible stories help the boy go down the paths in his long journey of life. On the other hand Sounder a coon dog, would go to the ends of the Earth for his master, the boy's father. I thought Sounder was a great book because it showed loyalty, faith,and perserverence, in the end as the boy's mother says " only the lord could make a story as beautiful as Sounders". So if you're looking for a fantastic, heartfelt,and wonderful book Sounder just might be the one you are looking for.

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Summary: Like a roller coaster - some parts are good - some parts suc
Review: I had to read Sounder for a novel class. Judging by the cover I knew it will be a boring story and I was right. Some chapters didnt even make sense and it was confusing cuz the characters didnt have names except the dog Sounder. It was pretty boring. Only the end was good.

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Summary: A Powerful Novel for All Ages
Review: In the nearly 35 years since it was published, SOUNDER has lost none of its original power or impact. That's not only the mark of great children's literature, it's the mark of great writing at any level.

SOUNDER is the story of a poor African American family in the late 19th century south. Sounder, the family's hunting dog, is responsible for much of the family income: he finds and tracks game that the father can eat and sell. Problems arise when the local white sheriff and his men think the family has become a little too prosperous. An event then happens which becomes a turning point in the oldest boy's life. (The story is told with painful honesty from his point of view.)

Author Armstrong masterfully drops the reader into a different era, an era we would like to forget. It's not a comfortable time and it's not a comfortable story, but it is a powerful one. The story is a simple one, but Armstrong paints on a large canvas, full of description so vivid and true that we feel we're there, walking on the cold ground, smelling the countryside, and even feeling the wetness of the tears and blood.

I believe it's significant that Sounder is the only character named in the book. This is the boy's story, but it could be any boy. He represents a sort of "every man," or "every child," if you will. The boy learns several important lessons along the way, some of them coming from unlikely sources.

SOUNDER is one of those stories that not only entertain children, but teach them valuable lessons in human nature, relationships, and learning. A very, very important book for us all.

116 pages with illustrations

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Summary: Sounder's Voice Is Heard
Review: This book tells the story of a sharecropper's family and their dog, Sounder. The story happens in the 19th century American South.

More importantly, I feel this story tells about courage and determination during hard times.

The focus is on Sounder because he is a hunting dog and a major contributor to the families' food supply. however, I think Sounder is the only character named in this story for deeper reasons.

When the father is taken to jail on some trumped-up charge, Sounder is seriously wounded trying to protect him. Despite his crippling injury, Sounder returns home. Sounder's recovery and persistance is a symbol of what the family members want to do. When the father returns, also crippled, the old dog, previously silent, lets out one last resounding, triumphant bark.

This is a compassionate and compelling book, one I couldn't put down. Even though it was sad, it was full of love.

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Summary: Sounder
Review: I think this book is part good and part bad. It is a very touching story but it has too much inappropriate words in it like s)ex if you take off the sign and there is not enough romance and love!

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Summary: O ya Sounder read it
Review: I liked Sounder by William H. Henshaw. It is about a boy in the 1900's whose father is a sharecropper and he gets taken to jail because he steals meat from the big house. Sounder the boy's dog get's shot because he tries to save the father and the boy goes out to look for Sounder. His dad has to go on probation and the boy meets a teacher at school who helps him read. The boy goes out to look for his father and then reads with the teacher that has three lights in his room and the boy looks for his father and sounder and.... I would reccomend this book because it teaches you alot about the Depression and I wouldn't recommend this book because the boy has no name.