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The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963: A Novel
(Paperback, 1999)
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Author: Christopher Paul Curtis
Nine-year-old Kenny narrates this story about his middle-class, African-American family and their 19...
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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0440228360
ISBN-13: 9780440228363
Jun 1999
Publisher: Bantam Books
210 pages
Grade:
From 7 to 9
Language: English |
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Synopsis
Nine-year-old Kenny narrates this story about his middle-class, African-American family and their 1963 trip from Flint, Michigan to Birmingham, Alabama. The trip's purpose is two-fold--to visit their grandmother, and to get Kenny's older brother away from the rough crowd he has been running with. Sadly, racism rears its ugly head as the family travels through the South, eventually culminating in the bombing of Kenny's grandmother's church while his younger sister and many others are inside., 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.
| Size | | Length: | 210 pages | | Height: | 7.0 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 4.0 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "It was one of those super-duper cold Saturdays. One of those days that when you breathed out your breath kind of hung frozen in the air like a hunk of smoke and you cold walk along and looking exactly like a train blowing out big, fat, white puffs of smoke."
Industry Reviews
"Mr. Curtis thus skillfully merges the Watsons' story with the actual bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham in September 1963, in which four young African American girls were killed....a marvelous debut, a fine novel about a solid and appealing family."
New York Times Book Review - Kermit Frazier (11/12/1995)
"Fourth-grader Kenny Watson brings his black family beautifully to life in Flint, Michigan, in the 60s--but this warm and funny and touching first novel turns into a searing indictment when the Watsons venture south into ugliness and violence. You won't soon forget Kenny and all the Watsons."
Publisher's Catalog - Robert Cormier
"With a skill and mastery not often observed in a first novel, Christopher Paul Curtis has created a memorable tale about love and rivalry between siblings, growing pains, friendships, and the strength of black families who continue to love and support its members despite the obstacles created through ignorance and racism."
Quarterly Black Review of Books - Shree R. Thomas
"...warmhearted and luxuriously padded with humor."
Literary Review - Michael Thorn (09/19/1997)
"The poignancy of the ending lies in the protagonist's bright spirits darkening after this trauma, without the author's relinquishing control of a consistently fresh narrative voice. The contrast is startling, innovative, and effective in a strong first novel showing how--and why--the Civil Rights movement affected individual African-Americans."
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - Betsy Hearne (10/19/1995)
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Other Editions
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Paperback, 1997 - $0.75 Save 89%
Hardcover, 1995 - $0.75 Save 95%
Paperback, 2001 - $0.75 Save 89%
Audio, 1996 - $8.96 Save 65%
Hardcover, 2000 - $16.06 Save 30%
Audio, 2000 - $14.84 Save 53%
Paperback, 2000 - $24.93 Save 28%
Hardcover, 1998 - $0.75 Save 96%
Hardcover, 1999 - $9.71 Save 43%
Paperback, 2004 - $5.00 Save 54%
Audio, 2005 - $12.47 Save 37%
Paperback, 1998 - $1.65 Save 89%
Hardcover, 1997 - $0.75 Save 95%
Hardcover, 2000 - $15.82 Save 8%
Other, 2006 - $36.29 Save 9%
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