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The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
By Curtis, Christopher Paul
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-38532-175-4
- Publisher
- New York : Delacorte Press, c1995.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1995
Gr 6-Up Kenny's family is known in Flint, Michigan, as the Weird Watsons, for lots of good reasons. Younger sister Joetta has been led to believe she has to be overdressed in the winter because Southern folks (their mother is from Alabama) freeze solid and have to be picked up by the city garbage trucks. Kenny, the narrator, does well in school and tries to meet his hard-working parents' expectations. After a string of misdeeds, Mr. and Mrs. Watson decide that tough guy, older brother Byron must be removed from the bad ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
