We finished up Sounder today. The kids and I enjoyed this read. We especially loved all the references to Bible stories and the lovely hymns 'the mother' would sing.  One thing the kids brought to my attention is the characters have no names, they found that a little odd. The main character is referred to only as 'the boy.'

But a good read!

Here's a picture narrative from Sounder

Our next read will be Amos Fortune, the true story of a man that was kidnapped into slavery at the age of 15, in the year, 1725. We will use this book as one of our Living History Books and compare Amos' life to that of Ben Franklin. They were born only 4 years apart, but of course had very different lives.