The bestselling Newbery Honor-winning story of an African-American family\'s experience traveling through the South in the turbulent 1960s. -- Jacqueline Woodson , Newbery Honor and National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming. -- NPR One of the best novels EVER.
That happened in the mid-\'90s when Christopher Paul Curtis released his first book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963.
Every so often a book becomes a modern classic almost as soon as it arrives on bookshelves.
And they\'ll be in Birmingham during one of the darkest moments in America\'s history.
When Byron gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up.
There\'s Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron, who\'s thirteen and an official juvenile delinquent.
This special edition makes a perfect gift and includes bonus content Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan.
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of this Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about a hilarious family on a road-trip at one of the most important times in America\'s history.
Ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons, make their way from Flint, Michigan to visit Grandma in Birmingham, Alabama, and travel through one of the darkest moments in American history.
The bestselling Newbery Honor-winning story of an African-American family\'s experience traveling through the South in the turbulent 1960s
