The Watsons go to Birminghan--1963
By: adapted by Reginald André Jackson ; based on the book by Christopher Paul Curtis
Contributors: Curtis, Christopher Paul
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Woodstock, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9781583426470
Description: Ten-year-old Kenny chronicles the events of a fateful summer for the Watson family of Flint, Michigan, in this hilarious and deeply moving story. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and teenage brother Byron, who can't seem to stay out of trouble. Concerned about this budding juvenile delinquent in their family, Momma and Dad decide it's time for Byron to have a lengthy stay with strict Grandma Sands in Birmingham, Alabama. The family piles into the Brown Bomber and heads south -- toward a horrific moment in American history: the bombing of the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church during which four young black girls are killed.
Notes: "From the Newbury and Coretta Scott King honor book novel by Christopher Paul Curtis."--Cover.