Sounder
A poor boy, living with his sharecropper father, mother, three younger siblings, and their dog, Sounder, witnesses the arrest and brutal treatment of his father when he is caught stealing a ham to feed his family. Sounder is shot by the white men during the arrest and is missing for weeks before finally returning crippled. The boy grieves and waits for his father`s return, yet spends the years learning to read. Winner of the 1970 Newbery Medal.

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1. \Sound"er\, n.
   One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument
   used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications
   being read by sound.
   

2. \Sound"er\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   A herd of wild hogs.