“And you wonder why we get called the weird Watsons. “
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-- 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
A wonderful novel narrated by Kenny, 9, about his middle-class black family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's 13-year-old brother, 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 Grandma's church is blown up.
Watsons. “
by
Christopher Paul Curtis
his middle-class black family, the Weird
Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's
13-year-old brother, 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 Grandma's church is blown up.
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