Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 Prebound - 1997
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Watsons of Flint, Michigan, are heading for Birmingham, Alabama, and one of the darkest moments in American history. Honors include 1996 Newbery Honor Book, 1996 Coretta Scott King Honor Book, and a "New York Times Book Review" Best Book.
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A wonderful middle-grade novel narrated by Kenny, 9, about his middle-class black family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's 13-year-old brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to be in Birmingham when Grandma's church is blown up.
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- Title Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963
- Author Christopher Paul Curtis
- Binding Prebound
- Pages 210
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Perfection Learning
- Date 1997-09
- ISBN 9780780777330 / 0780777336
- Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 7.81 x 4.94 x 0.75 in (19.84 x 12.55 x 1.91 cm)
- Ages 10 to 13 years
- Grade levels 5 - 8
- Reading level 1000
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Cultural Region: South
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: Alabama
- Locality: Birmingham, Alabama
- Theometrics: Secular
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Brothers and sisters, Family
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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