Watsons Birmingham
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Follow the Watson family from Flint, Michigan as they take a road trip to Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, where they get caught up in one of the most tragic moments of the Civil Rights Movement. This funny and heartbreaking story shows how a family's love helps them through difficult times.
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About Christopher Paul Curtis
Christopher Paul Curtis is an American children's book author. His first novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963, was published in 1995 and brought him immediate national recognition, receiving the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Award and the Newbery Honor Book Award, in addition to numerous other awards. In 2000, he became the first person to win both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award—prizes received for his second novel Bud, Not Buddy—and the first African-American man to win the Newbery Medal. His novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 was made into a television film in 2013.
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