{"product_id":"sounder-9780060935481","title":"Sounder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSounder\u003c\/em\u003e is a remarkable story, compassionate, powerfully moving, showing the qualities of dignity and endurance at their highest, in both man and beast. A memorable dog story, it is also the chronicle of a man, a woman, and a boy, equally hard to forget. . . . \u003cem\u003eSounder \u003c\/em\u003ewill be read for a long time to come.\" --\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA timeless classic, winner of the John Newberry Medal, and the basis of an acclaimed film, \u003cem\u003eSounder\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel that tells of the courage and love that binds a Black family together despite the extreme prejudice and inhumanity it faces in the Deep South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArmstrong, William H.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Armstrong grew up in Lexington, Virginia. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and did graduate work at the University of Virginia. He taught ancient history and study techniques at the Kent School for fifty-two years. Author of more than a dozen books for adults and children, he won the John Newbery Medal for \u003cem\u003eSounder\u003c\/em\u003e in 1970 and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Hampden-Sydney College in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459893137682,"sku":"9780060935481","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7e7390db-188f-4962-a96c-762ed40df6b5.jpg?v=1730012258","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sounder-9780060935481","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}