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The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 / a novel by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Author
- Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Published
- New York, New York : Delacorte Press, 1995.
- Physical Description
- 210 pages ; 22 cm
- Additional Creators
- Delacorte Press
Related Resources
- Series
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject(s)
- African Americans—Juvenile fiction
- Siblings—Juvenile fiction
- Prejudices—Juvenile fiction
- Children's stories, American—20th century
- African American families—Juvenile fiction
- Problem children—Juvenile fiction
- Alabama—History—1951-—Juvenile fiction
- Bombings—Alabama—Birmingham—Juvenile fiction
- African Americans—Fiction
- Family life—Fiction
- Prejudices—Fiction
- Siblings—Fiction
- Flint (Mich.)—History—20th century—Fiction
- Familles noires américaines—Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Frères et sœurs—Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Enfants difficiles—Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Alabama—Histoire—1951-—Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Attentats à la bombe—Alabama—Birmingham—Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Noirs américains—Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Préjugés—Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Histoires pour enfants américaines—20e siècle
- African Americans
- Blacks—Fiction
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 0385321759
9780385321754
9780385317375
0385317379
0440414121
9780440414124
044022800X
9780440228004
9780307243171
9781413149821
9781484406878
0307243176
1413149820
9781419361227
1484406877
0329116169
1419361228
9780329116163
0590690140
9780590690140
0613034945
9780613034944
0440228360
9780440228363
9780780777330
0780777336
9781448774913
1448774918 - Collection
- Lee Bennett Hopkins Collection.
- Note
- Rare Books copy: "October 1995" stated (1st printing--complete sequential number line "10-1" on t.p. verso); in publisher's boards and original dust jacket; LAID IN: publisher's full-page color advertisement featuring Hallmark Channel movie tie-in premiering Sept. 20, 2013.
- Source of Acquisition
- Rare Books copy: Hopkins, Lee Bennett, former owner.
- Awards
- Newbery Honor Book, 1996
Coretta Scott King Honor Book, Author, 1996.
Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor, 1996
View MARC record | catkey: 1498246