The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963, a novel, by Christopher Paul Curtis
Type
Label
The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963, a novel, by Christopher Paul Curtis
Language
eng
Index
no index present
resource.interestGradeLevel
5-8, Follett Library Resources
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963
resource.readingGradeLevel
5.0
resource.references
Wilson's Children, November 1996Wilson's Junior High School, April 2001Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000School Library Journal starred, October 1995Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 1996Child Study Children's Book Committee, January 1996Horn Book Starred, March 1996Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), January 1998
Responsibility statement
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Sub title
a novel
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
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
Creator
Genre
Subject
- Prejudices -- Fiction
- Birmingham (Ala.) -- Fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Family -- Juvenile fiction
- YBR + Classic Books
- Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction
- Flint (Mich.) -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Flint (Mich.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Birmingham (Ala.) -- Juvenile fiction
- YBR + Chapter Books
- Family life -- Fiction
Incoming Resources
- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject16
- Prejudices -- Fiction
- Birmingham (Ala.) -- Fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Family -- Juvenile fiction
- YBR + Classic Books
- Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction
- Flint (Mich.) -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Flint (Mich.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Birmingham (Ala.) -- Juvenile fiction
- YBR + Chapter Books
- Family life -- Fiction