A young Negro boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and to discover that things do not die but become part of other things brings the youngster new hope.
year: 1993, 1988, 2008, 2015
call number/section: 1000, 920
subjects: poverty, fiction, african americans, animals, pets, family, juvenile fiction, audiobooks, family life, dogs
Editions
Armstrong, William H.
Scholastic (1993)
A young Negro boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and to discover that things do not die but become part of other things brings the youngster new hope.
Schools: 5
Armstrong, William H.
Novel Units (1988)
Schools: 0
Armstrong, William H.
Koch Entertainment (2008)
During the Depression, an impoverished black Louisiana sharecropper is reduced to stealing food to feed his family, and is arrested. While he is in prison, his dutiful wife provides the family support and love.
Schools: 5
Armstrong, William H.
Findaway World, LLC (2015)
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young African-American boy grows in courage and understanding with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.
Schools: 0