The Watsons go to Birmingham, 1963

Curtis, C.P. (1995). The Watsons go to Birmingham, 1963. New York: Delacorte.

Kenny and his family live in Flint, Michigan.  Feels like the coldest place on Earth, according to mother, who is from Alabama.  Mother and father plan a trip to Birmingham, Alabama, because they don't know what to do with Byron, Kenny's older brother.  He is always in trouble and according to Kenny and juvenile delinquent.   While in Birmingham something terrible happens that affects the Watson family, but mainly Kenny.


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