Watsons Go To Birmingham -- 1963, The
by Curtis Christopher Paul
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0440414121
- ISBN 13
- 9780440414124
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: A Yearling Book. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1997. Trade Paperback. 0440414121 . Trade Paperback, minor edgewear, very clean, tight copy. "Nine-year-old Kenny narrates this story about his middle-class, African-American family and their 1963 trip from Flint, Michigan to Birmingham, Alabama. The trip's purpose is two-fold--to visit their grandmother, and to get Kenny's older brother away from the rough crowd he has been running with. Sadly, racism rears its ugly head as the family travels through the South, eventually culminating in the bombing of Kenny's grandmother's church while his younger sister and many others are inside. " ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 210 pages .
Synopsis
Christopher Paul Curtis was born in Flint, Michigan, and grew up there. Bud, Not Buddy , his second novel, winner of the 2000 Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Author Award, is available in a Delacorte hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 326
- Title
- Watsons Go To Birmingham -- 1963, The
- Author
- Curtis Christopher Paul
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0440414121
- ISBN 13
- 9780440414124
- Publisher
- A Yearling Book
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 0440414121, Predjudices, African American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile; Black History; Family & Relationships;
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- 12mo
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