A hilarious, touching, and tragic novel about civil rights and the impact of violence on one African American family. --Jacqueline Woodson, Newbery Honor and National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming. -- The New York Times One of the best novels EVER. both comic and deeply moving . . . --NPR Marvelous .
A modern classic.
The Watsons\' journey reminds us that even in the hardest times, laughter and family can help us get through anything.
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.
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about an unforgettable family on a road-trip during one of the most important times in the civil rights movement.
They happen to be in Birmingham when Grandma\'s church is bombed.
Narrated by Kenny, 9, the story tells about his middle-class black family, the Watsons of Flint, Michigan, and their trip to Birmingham, Alabama, to visit Grandma.
A hilarious, touching, and tragic novel about civil rights and the impact of violence on one African American family
