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Sounder is a young adult novel by William H. Armstrong, published in 1969. It is the story of an African-American boy living with his sharecropper family. Although the family's difficulties increase when the father is imprisoned for stealing a ham from work, the boy still hungers for an education.
Sounder is a 1972 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt and adapted by Lonne Elder III from the 1969 novel by William H. Armstrong. [4] The story concerns an African-American sharecropper family in the Deep South , who struggle with economic and personal hardships during the Great Depression .
Sounder may refer to: Sounder, a book by William H. Armstrong; Sounder, a film based on the novel; Sounder, a group of wild boar or domestic pigs foraging in woodland; see List of animal names; Sounder, a device that transmits a signal and uses the returned signal to measure characteristics of the propagation medium
This story stayed with him throughout his life and ultimately was the inspiration for his award-winning children's book, Sounder. [1] After growing up on a farm near Lexington, Armstrong graduated from the Augusta Military Academy. [2] He attended Hampden-Sydney College, where he wrote for the college newspaper and edited its literary magazine. [1]
A list of lists of characters in fictional works, broken down by medium and sorted alphabetically by the name of the fictional work. Lists of book characters [ edit ]
Franklin the Turtle books by Paulette Bourgeois: An otter that was friends with Franklin. [citation needed] Sredni Vashtar: Polecat–ferret hybrid: Sredni Vashtar by Saki: Ambiguously the pet or vengeful god of a sickly 10-year-old boy. [15] Tarka: Otter Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson: An otter living in Devon. [16]
A fictional character who originated as an urban myth and meme, Slenderman stars in, uh, ... They start hallucinating children's book characters like Babadook in The Babadook. A white-faced man in ...
Character/s Author Work Notes Urchin M. I. McAllister: The Mistmantle Chronicles: A red squirrel with peculiar coloring. Bannertail Ernest Thompson Seton: Bannertail: The Story of a Graysquirrel: A gray squirrel. Orphaned as a baby, he was taken in and raised by a cat. Adapted into an anime series. Felldoh: Brian Jacques: Martin the Warrior: A ...