num_pages: 210
description: When Kenny Watson's brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, the Watson family heads 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 bombed.
language: English
title: Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963
titlecomplete: Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963
genres: Middle Grade, Historical, Young Adult, Childrens, School, Classics, African American, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Family
ratings_count: 66644
places: Birmingham, Alabama, Flint, Michigan
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award
category: Older Children, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author Honor, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Middle School/Junior High, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Best Children's Books of the Year (Bank Street College of Education)
publisher: Turtleback Books