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The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963

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The Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan -- from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of Bud, Not Buddy, a Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott Award Winner. Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There...

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Main Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul
Other Authors: Burton, LeVar
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language:English
Published: New York : Listening Library (Audio), 2006.
Edition:Unabridged.
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Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Flint (Mich.) > Juvenile fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Summary:The Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan -- from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of Bud, Not Buddy, a Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott Award Winner. Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron, who's thirteen and an "official juvenile delinquent." When Byron gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to be in Birmingham when Grandma's church is blown up. AN ALA TOP TEN BEST BOOKAN ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOKAN IRA YOUNG ADULT'S CHOICEA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST BOOKNAMED TO MULTIPLE STATE AWARD LISTS "Every so often a book becomes a modern classic almost as soon as it arrives on bookshelves. That happened in the mid-'90s when Christopher Paul Curtis released his first book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963." -- NPRFrom the Hardcover edition.
Item Description:Unabridged.
Physical Description:1 online resource (4 audio files) : digital
Playing Time:04:54:58
Format:Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 138450 KB).
Audience:Text Difficulty 7 - Text Difficulty 12
ISBN:9780739330593
Author Notes:Newbery Medal-winning children's book author Christopher Paul Curtis was born in Flint, Michigan on May 10, 1953 and graduated from The University of Michigan. While there he won the Avery and Jules Hopwood Prizes for poetry and a draft of one of his early books. Curtis spent thirteen years on an assembly line hanging car doors.

His story The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 received a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor, and Bud, Not Buddy became the first novel to win both of these awards. Elijah of Buxton received the 2008 Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and a Newbery Honor. Curtis also won the 2009 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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