The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
Christopher Paul Curtis
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Description
Enter the hilarious world of 10-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, Kenny, and Byron, who's 13 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. They're going to Birmingham, Alabama, toward one of the darkest moments in American history.
Product Details
Price
$17.99
$16.73
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Publish Date
September 01, 1995
Pages
224
Dimensions
5.72 X 8.54 X 0.81 inches | 0.79 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780385321754
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About the Author
CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS is the recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. He won the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award for his bestselling second novel, Bud, Not Buddy. His first novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963, was also singled out for many awards, among them a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor, and has been made into a Hallmark Channel Original Movie. Curtis grew up in Flint, Michigan. After high school he began working on the assembly line at the Fisher Body Plant No. 1 while attending the Flint branch of the University of Michigan. He is now a full-time writer. He lives with his family in Windsor, Ontario.
Reviews
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NAMED TO MULTIPLE STATE AWARD LISTS "This is a book that changes lives. It certainly changed mine." --Kate DiCamillo, two-time Newbery Medalist "I identify with so much in Christopher Paul Curtis's engrossing classic, The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963." --David Barclay Moore, winner of the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent "An exceptional first novel."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Superb . . . a warmly memorable evocation of an African American family." --The Horn Book Magazine, starred review "Ribald humor . . . and a totally believable child's view of the world will make this book an instant hit."--School Library Journal, starred review
AN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK
AN IRA YOUNG ADULT'S CHOICE
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST BOOK
NAMED TO MULTIPLE STATE AWARD LISTS "This is a book that changes lives. It certainly changed mine." --Kate DiCamillo, two-time Newbery Medalist "I identify with so much in Christopher Paul Curtis's engrossing classic, The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963." --David Barclay Moore, winner of the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent "An exceptional first novel."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Superb . . . a warmly memorable evocation of an African American family." --The Horn Book Magazine, starred review "Ribald humor . . . and a totally believable child's view of the world will make this book an instant hit."--School Library Journal, starred review
