| Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 Contributor(s): Curtis, Christopher Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0780777336 ISBN-13: 9780780777330 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $9.55 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: September 1997 Annotation: Ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Watsons of Flint, Michigan, are heading for Birmingham, Alabama, and one of the darkest moments in American history. Honors include 1996 Newbery Honor Book, 1996 Coretta Scott King Honor Book, and a "New York Times Book Review" Best Book. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1000 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 4.94" W x 7.81" (0.47 lbs) 210 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Locality - Birmingham, Alabama - Theometrics - Secular - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 11552 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |