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The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963: a novel

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Author:
Curtis, Christopher Paul
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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.
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16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963 -- Juvenile fiction
African American families
African American families -- Juvenile fiction
African American families -- Michigan -- Flint -- Young adult fiction
African American Fiction
African Americans
African Americans -- Fiction
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Juvenile fiction
Brothers and sisters
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
Children's audiobooks
Compact discs
Families
Families -- Michigan -- Flint -- Young adult fiction
Family
Family -- Juvenile fiction
Family life
Family life -- Fiction
Fiction
Flint (Mich.) -- Fiction
Flint (Mich.) -- Juvenile fiction
Flint (Mich.) -- Young adult fiction
Historical fiction
Juvenile Fiction
Juvenile Literature
Michigan -- Flint
Newbery honor book
Prejudices
Prejudices -- Fiction
Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction
Prejudices -- Young adult fiction
Siblings
Siblings -- Juvenile fiction
Siblings -- Michigan -- Flint -- Young adult fiction
Young adult works
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Contributors:
Burton, LeVar
ISBN:
9780593306499
9780385729857
9780385382953
9781432850319
9780739330593
9780307243171
9780440228004
9780385321754
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 5, 8 Points
Lexile measure:
920L
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Last Grouping Update2022-11-30 02:08:36AM
Last Indexed2022-11-30 02:57:55AM

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