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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 - by Christopher Paul Curtis (Paperback)

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 - by  Christopher Paul Curtis (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award winner is now a Hallmark Channel Original Movie. When Kenny Watson's brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, the family travels from Michigan 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 blown up.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><b>Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about an unforgettable family on a road-trip during one of the most important times in the civil rights movement.</b> </b> <p/>When the Watson family--ten-year-old Kenny, Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron--sets out on a trip south to visit Grandma in Birmingham, Alabama, they don't realize that they're heading toward one of the darkest moments in America's history. The Watsons' journey reminds us that even in the hardest times, laughter and family can help us get through anything. <p/><b>A modern classic. --NPR</b> <p/><b>"Marvelous . . . both comic and deeply moving</b>." --<i><b>The New York Times</b></i> <p/><b>One of the best novels EVER. --Jacqueline Woodson, </b> Newbery Honor and National Book Award-winning author of <i>Brown Girl Dreaming</i><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>AN ALA TOP TEN BEST BOOK<br> AN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK<br> AN IRA YOUNG ADULT'S CHOICE<br> A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST BOOK<br> NAMED TO MULTIPLE STATE AWARD LISTS</b> <p/> This is a book that changes lives. It certainly changed mine. --Kate DiCamillo, two-time Newbery Medalist <p/> I identify with so much in Christopher Paul Curtis's engrossing classic, <i>The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963.</i> --David Barclay Moore, winner of the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent <p/> An exceptional first novel.--<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review <p/> Superb . . . a warmly memorable evocation of an African American family. --<i>The Horn Book Magazine</i>, starred review <p/> Ribald humor . . . and a totally believable child's view of the world will make this book an instant hit.--<i>School Library Journal</i>, starred review<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Christopher Paul Curtis won the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award for his bestselling second novel, <i>Bud, Not Buddy.</i> His first novel, <i>The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963, </i>was also singled out for many awards, among them a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor, and has been a bestseller in hardcover and paperback. His most recent novels for Random House include <i>The Mighty Miss Malone, Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission, Mr. Chickee's Funny Money, </i> and <i>Bucking the Sarge.<br></i> Christopher Paul Curtis grew up in Flint, Michigan. After high school he began working on the assembly line at Fisher Body Plant No. 1 while attending the Flint branch of the University of Michigan. He is now a full-time writer. He lives in Detroit with his family.

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