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The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 / Christopher Paul Curtis.

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ISBN#9780385382946
BIB ID#1684212
Call# J Curtis

The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963

2.5
Author
Curtis, Christopher Paul, author. -- Hallmark Channel (Television network)

 

Subjects
African Americans -- Families -- Prejudices -- Brothers and sisters -- Flint (Mich.) -- Birmingham (Ala.)
Description
210 pages, [16] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Summary
"Now a Hallmark Channel originaly movie"--Cover. 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.

Reviews and Notes

Summary/Annotation ->  This special edition movie tie-in includes a letter from the author, letter from the producer of the movie, and a 16-page color photo insert! 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 Momma and Dad decide it's time for a visit to Grandma, Dad somes home with the amazing Ultra-Glide, and the Watsons set out on a trip like no other. They're heading south. They're going to Birmingham, Alabama, toward one of the darkest moments in America's history.

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