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The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963
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The Resource The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963
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The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963
Statement of responsibility
a novel by Christopher Paul Curtis
Creator
  • trueCurtis, Christopher Paul
Author
  • trueCurtis, Christopher Paul
Subject
  • trueViolence against African-Americans
  • trueCanadian people
  • trueCivil Rights Movement
  • trueCivil Rights Movement -- Alabama
  • Families -- Juvenile fiction
  • trueFamily visits
  • trueFamily visits -- Birmingham, Alabama
  • Flint (Mich.) -- Juvenile fiction
  • trueFlint, Michigan
  • Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction
  • Historical fiction
  • trueNorth American people
  • truePrejudice
  • Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction
  • trueRace relations
  • trueRacism
  • trueSummer
  • true16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963
  • trueAfrican American families
  • trueAfrican American families -- Flint, Michigan
  • trueAfrican American grandmothers
  • trueAfrican American siblings
  • trueAfrican Americans
  • African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
  • trueAlabama
  • trueAmerican people
  • Automobile travel -- Juvenile fiction
  • Birmingham (Ala.) -- Juvenile fiction
  • trueBirmingham, Alabama
  • Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
Genre
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Historical fiction
Language
eng
Summary
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
Storyline
  • trueOwn voices
  • truePlot-driven
Tone
  • trueSerious
  • trueFunny
Writing style
  • trueAttention-grabbing
Character
  • trueCulturally diverse
  • trueBlack
Award
  • ALA Notable Children's Book, 1996
  • California Young Reader Medal, Middle School, 1998.
  • Golden Kite Award for Fiction, 1995.
  • Josette Frank Award, 1995.
  • Land of Enchantment Book Award (New Mexico), Young Adult category, 2000.
  • YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 1996
Awards note
  • Newbery Honor, 1996.
  • Coretta Scott King Honor, Author, 1996.
Cataloging source
DLC
Index
no index present
Intended audience
1000
Intended audience source
Lexile
Interest level
  • MG
  • 6-8
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
  • 6
  • 12
Reading level
  • 5.0
  • 5.5
Study program name
  • Accelerated Reader AR
  • Reading Counts RC
Target audience
juvenile

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  • The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963, a novel by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963, a novel by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963, a novel by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963, a novel by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963, a novel by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963, a novel by Christopher Paul Curtis
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