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The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 : a novel / by Christopher Paul Curtis.

Summary:

Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron, who's thirteen and an "official juvenile delinquent." When Momma and Dad decide it's time for a visit to Grandma, Dad comes home with the amazing Ultra-Glide, and the Watsons set out on a trip like no other. They're heading South to Birmingham, Alabama, toward one of the darkest moments in America's history.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780590690140
  • ISBN: 0590690140
  • ISBN: 9780590032384
  • ISBN: 0590032380
  • Physical Description: 210 pages ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Inc., [1998], ©1995.

Content descriptions

Awards Note:
Coretta Scott King Award
Newbery Honor Book
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
ALA Notable Book
Subject: African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Problem children > Juvenile fiction.
Bombings > Alabama > Birmingham > Juvenile fiction.
Alabama > History > 1951- > Juvenile fiction.
Flint (Mich.) > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Juvenile works.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at scottsboropl.

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scottsboropl JF Cur 32269001077190 Juvenile - Fiction Available -
scottsboropl JF Cur 32269001128035 Storage - Juvenile Available -


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