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The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 / Christopher Paul Curtis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, [2013?]Description: 210 pages, [16] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0385382944 (paperback)
  • 9780385382946 (paperback)
  • 9781480625990
  • 148062599X
Subject(s): Awards:
  • Coretta Scott King Honor, author, 1996; American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1996
  • Newbery Honor Book, 1996.
Summary: The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Curtis Christop Available 33111008780898
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

During one of the most important times in the civil rights movement, one unforgettable family goes on a road trip in this Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree, from author Christopher Paul Curtis, recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

When the Watson family--ten-year-old Kenny, Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron--sets out on a trip south to visit Grandma in Birmingham, Alabama, they don't realize that they're heading toward one of the darkest moments in America's history. The Watsons' journey reminds us that even in the hardest times, laughter and family can help us get through anything.

"A modern classic." --NPR

"Marvelous . . . both comic and deeply moving ." -- The New York Times

"One of the best novels EVER." --Jacqueline Woodson, Newbery Honor and National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming

"Now a Hallmark Channel original movie"--Cover.

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

RL: 4.5.

Ages 9-12.

Coretta Scott King Honor, author, 1996; American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1996

Newbery Honor Book, 1996.

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