Sounder (Fly High with Novel Units) (Teacher Guide)

Description:

Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and through his relationship with his devoted dog Sounder.

subjects: Children: Grades 4-6,  Dogs,  Poverty,  Juvenile fiction,  African Americans,  Family life,  Fiction,  Dogs in fiction,  Family life in fiction,  African Americans in fiction,  Poverty in fiction,  Newbery Medal,  Family,  Noirs américains,  Families,  Pauvreté,  Romans, nouvelles,  Afro-Americans,  Children's stories,  Children's fiction,  Dogs, fiction,  Poverty, fiction,  African americans, fiction,  Georgia, fiction,  Family life, fiction,  Large type books,  Reading (Elementary),  Computer-assisted instruction,  award:Newbery_award,  lexile:890,  lexile_range:801-900,  age:min:9,  age:max:12,  grade:min:3,  grade:max:7,  Southern states, fiction,  award:Nēnē_award,  Historical Fiction,  Classics,  Young Adult,  Childrens,  Animals,  Middle Grade,  African American,  Historical,  Children's Books