The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963
(Book)
Author
Published
New York: Laurel-Leaf Books, 2021.
ISBN
9780440228004, 044022800X
Lexile measure
920L
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District - Juvenile Stacks | J HISTORICAL CURTIS | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American families -- Alabama -- Fiction.
African American families -- Michigan -- Flint -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Michigan -- Flint -- Fiction.
Alabama -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Flint (Mich.) -- Fiction.
Nineteen sixties -- Fiction.
Prejudices -- Fiction.
Siblings -- Alabama -- Fiction.
Siblings -- Michigan -- Flint -- Fiction.
African American families -- Michigan -- Flint -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Michigan -- Flint -- Fiction.
Alabama -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Flint (Mich.) -- Fiction.
Nineteen sixties -- Fiction.
Prejudices -- Fiction.
Siblings -- Alabama -- Fiction.
Siblings -- Michigan -- Flint -- Fiction.
More Details
Published
New York: Laurel-Leaf Books, 2021.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780440228004, 044022800X
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 5, 8 Points
Level 5, 8 Points
Lexile measure
920
Notes
General Note
Includes original manuscript pages, letter from the Newbery Committee and a new afterword.
General Note
"Includes bonus essays from ten-award-winning and bestselling authors"--Cover.
General Note
Includes tributes from Elizabeth Acevedo, Janet Brown, Pauletta Brown Bracy, Chris Crutcher, Kate DiCamillo, Terry Fisher, Crystal Carr Jeter, Varian Johnson, David Barclay Moore, Jason Reynolds, Jerry Spinelli, Deborah Taylor, Vince Vawter, Rita Willaims-Garcia and Jacqueline Woodson.
Description
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.
Awards
Newbery Honor Book, 1996.
Awards
Coretta Scott King Honnor, 1996.
Awards
American Library Association Notable Children's Book, 1996.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Curtis, C. P. (2021). The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963 (Special anniversary edition.). Laurel-Leaf Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Curtis, Christopher Paul. 2021. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963. Laurel-Leaf Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Laurel-Leaf Books, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Special anniversary edition., Laurel-Leaf Books, 2021.
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