Name: The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 – very-good
SKU: PB1998-VG157956
Availability: InStock

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 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 Grandmas church is blown up.

SKU:	N/A
Categories:	Chapter Books, Coretta Scott King Book Award, Historical Fiction, Newbery Medal and Honor Books, Teen & YA
Tags:	African American Family, Civil Rights Movement

Language	English
ISBN - 13	9781338157956
Publisher	Scholastic Inc
Publication Date	January,1998
Pages	224
Dimensions	5.13 x 0.65 x 7.63
Weight	5.6 oz
Lexile	920L
Reading Age	10-14 Years

About the Author

Christopher Paul Curtis 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 a bestseller in hardcover and paperback. His most recent novels for Random House include The Mighty Miss Malone, Mr. Chickee’s Messy Mission, Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money, and Bucking the Sarge.
Christopher Paul Curtis grew up in Flint, Michigan. After high school he began working on the assembly line at Fisher Body Plant No. 1 while attending the Flint branch of the University of Michigan. He is now a full-time writer. He lives in Detroit with his family.

Awards

A Newbery Medal Nominee
A Coretta Scott King Award Nominee
An ALA Top Ten Best Book
AN ALA Notable Children’s Book
An IRA Young Adults Choice
A New York Times Book Review Best Book

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Format	Paperback
Condition	Like New Very Good Clear