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The Watsons go to Birmingham -- 1963 / Christopher Paul Curtis.
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.
Newbery Honor Book, 1996.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385321754
- ISBN: 0385321759
- Physical Description: 210 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [1995]
- Copyright: ©1995
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | 10 and up. 1000 Lexile. 920L Lexile |
| Awards Note: | Coretta Scott King Honor Book, 1996. Jane Addam's Children's Honor Book, 1996. Golden Kite Award for Fiction, 1995. Claudia Lewis Award, 1995. ALA Best Book for Young Adults, 1996. |
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| Subject: | African Americans > Fiction. Family life > Fiction. Prejudices > Fiction. Brothers and sisters > Fiction. Flint (M.I.) > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 14 of 15 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
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| Carnegie PL of Steuben Co - Angola | YA FIC CUR (Text) | 33118000060393 | Young Adult: Fiction | Available | - |
| Danville-Center Twp PL - Danville | YAF CUR (Text) | 32604000071909 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
| Fayette Co PL - Connersville | J CURTIS (Text) | 39230030003212 | Children Books | Available | - |
| Greenwood PL - Greenwood | KIDS FICTION Curtis (Text) | 36626104360086 | 1st Floor Kids Green Zone | Available | - |
| Greenwood PL - Greenwood | KIDS FICTION Curtis (Text) | 36626104365358 | 1st Floor Kids Green Zone | Available | - |
| Hussey-Mayfield Mem. PL - Zionsville | TEEN FIC CURTIS, CHRISTOPHER PAUL (Text) | 33946000045000 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
| Hussey-Mayfield Mem. PL - Zionsville | TWEEN j FIC CURTIS (Text) | 33946000675566 | Juvenile Tween Fiction | Available | - |
| Lincoln Heritage PL - Dale Main Library | J CUR (Text) | 70743000032340 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Morgan Co PL - Monrovia Branch | J FIC CUR (Text) | 78551000634299 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Morgan Co PL - Waverly Branch | TW FIC CUR (Text) | 78551000375236 | Tween Collection | Available | - |
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Christopher Paul Curtis won the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award for his bestselling second novel, Bud, Not Buddy. His first novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, was also singled out for many awards, and has been a bestseller in hardcover and paperback. His most recent novels for Random House include The Mighty Miss Malone, Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission, Mr. Chickee's Funny Money, and Bucking the Sarge.
Christopher Paul Curtis grew up in Flint, Michigan. After high school he began working on the assembly line at the Fisher Body Plant No. 1 while attending the Flint branch of the University of Michigan. He is now a full-time writer, and lives with his family in Windsor, Ontario.
