The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 by 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.

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, among them a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor, and has been made into a Hallmark Channel Original Movie. He is also the recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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. He lives with his family in Windsor, Ontario.

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ISBN 13	9780440414124
ISBN 10	0440414121
Title	The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
Author	Christopher Paul Curtis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Random House Children's UK
Year published	1997-09-08
Number of pages	272
Prizes	Winner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults 1996, Winner of ALA Notable Children's Book 1996, Winner of Arkansas Charlie May Simon Master List 1997, Winner of California Young Reader Medal 1998, Winner of Coretta Scott King Author Honor 1996, Winner of Golden Kite Award for Fiction 1995, Winner of Josette Frank Award for Fiction 1995, Winner of Maine Student Book Master List 1996, Winner of Massachusetts Children's Book Master List 1999, Winner of New Mexico Land of Enchantment Book Award 2000
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