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The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 - Christopher Paul Curtis
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
Format: ebook
ISBN: 9780385382953 (0385382952)
ASIN: B00CNQ7HBE
Publisher: Yearling
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
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An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge
An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge rated it
3.5 The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Another from NPR's Ultimate Backseat Bookshelf. When I saw the In Memory note at the beginning of the book, I knew whatever I had expected of this book was wrong. Parts were very difficult to read, mainly the end, but some of the family parts at the beginning. This was balanced out by the school ...
Miss Osi's Favorite Books
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4.5 The Watsons Go To Birmingham Review
The Watsons Go To Birmingham is a historical fiction book that should be introduced to every child in 4th or 5th grade. The story is about a family and their journey back to the south. The story takes place during 1963, and gives a perspective of what life was like during the Civil Wars era. I would...
Ready Readers
Ready Readers rated it
3.5 The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963
This is a book with many themes such as coming of age, society and morality. The narrator is a nine year old named Kenny Watsons. Kenny's family has to go south to Birmingham when Kenny's older brother gets in trouble. The family so happens to come into down when troubles of the civil rights movemen...
Dara Beth's Classroom Library
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5.0 The Watson's Go to Birmingham
The Watson's Go to Birmingham-1963 was first published by Christopher Paul Curtis in December of 1995. This story is about a family from Flint, Michigan. The story starts out telling the troubling experiences of the Watson kids (Byron, Kenny, and Joetta) at their school. After the parents have had e...
Ms.Wolfe's Classroom Books and Finds
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5.0 The Watsons Go To Birmingham
The Watsons go to Birmingham is both a heart wrenching yet funny and relatable book about the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. As someone who as grown up in Alabama my whole life, I remember reading this book and laughing at some of the mannerisms Grandma had because it was something that I had ...
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