FROM SARAH:

A Newbery Honor book by Elizabeth Yates (author of Sarah Whitcher's Story), about a young boy living on a mountain farm, his best friend, Benji, and a lovable black lamb. (Please note that shepherding practices, such as tail-docking, are described in this book.)

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

A boy in a family of sheep farmers raises a black lamb to be the leader of the flock.