The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

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Summary: The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Review: The Watsons Go to Birmingham is a wonderful comedy book that shows life as an African American in the 1960's.
I give this book three stars because it is very funny and a great book for people who love funny and adventurous stories. The main character is Kenny Watson. His family consists of his Mom, Dad, his brother, Byron, and his sister, Joey. Many hilarious things happen to Kenny and his family, like when Byron gets his tongue stuck to the rear-view mirror of the family car, the brown bomber. Also Kenny's friend steals almost all of his toy dinosaurs. Byron gets in alot of trouble for skipping school and playing with fire. He gets in so much trouble that Kenny's parents are going to send him to stay with their Grandma Sands in Birmingham, Alabama. Their whole family drives down to Birmingham to visit with Grandma Sands. While they are in Birmingham Kenny has a live or death situation in a fight with the Wool Pooh, and Byron saves him. In Birmingham at that time many white folk are mad at black people and do racist things against black people in that area. This book shows how those kinds of things affected many people all over the United States.

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Summary: Okay
Review: This book, if nothing else, is an interesting, and for the most part, funny book. It has some historical accurance, as it deals with the Civil Rights movements. The book has an interesting twist with Byron and Keeny at the end, showing how tragically and horribly racism affects people psychologically. I'm not sure it deserves the Caldacott.

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Summary: It's a good book to pick up!
Review: I thought this book was awesome, it mixes reality with humor at the same time. I thought that this book kept me interested and curious. The characters seem like realistic people that made you feel like you were a part of the story. It also revealed the harshness that people had to bare during that time. It moved me emotionally and it made me laugh at the same time which is what a good book is supposed to do. I Feel this book is awesome and everyone should read it! Have fun!

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Summary: The Watsons go to Birmingham
Review: I thouhgt this book was a very good ongoing book. One thing I thought the author did well is relate the story and characters to many indivduals. I feel that many people could relate to it. I stongly encourage others to get a hold of this book and read it. It grabbed my attention throughout the first chapter and that is somthing that is very important to me. The story is well developed. It's not overexaggerated. The story itself could really happen to any average person. The Watsons go to Birmingham encourage me to read more of his books.

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Summary: It's OK
Review: I gave this book three stars because it is a little confusing.
This book is about a ten-year old Kenny and his family,the Watsons.Their momma,dad,little sister Joeta,Kenny and Byron.Byron is a thirteen-year old and an official juvenile delinquent.Momma and Dad decided to go visit Grandma and then they have a lot of problems.

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Summary: The Weird Watsons
Review: It is SO cold in Flint and all the weird Watsons are huddleded up on the couch in the living room trying to stay warm. The family consists of momma who ws born in Birmingham, Dad who was bron in Flint, Byron who is 13 and thinks he's all that, Kenny who is 10 and has a nickname of Poindexter, and Joetta who is called Joey and is 4 years old. The family decides to take a trip to Birmingham to try and fix Byron's teenage juevenile deliquent problem with using matches and cutting school. Once they reach Birmingham, a tragedy happens that became a major place in time and history.

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Summary: The Watsons - A Review
Review: I really enjoyed reading The Watsons..... after I got into it. The everyday life of the family and the events they experienced in Alabama really gives readers a good inside look about a small portion of African American life in general. The author also did a great job showing different ways people react to tragedy. The only obstacle I had with this book is that it was hard to get into at first, it moved a little slow.

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Summary: The Wierd Watsons
Review: The Watsons go to Birmingham-1963 is a hilarious story about 10-year-old Kenny Watson and his family. They have many funny stories like when 13-year-old Byron Watson gets his lips stuck to the frozen car window, the Nazi parachutes attack America and get shot down by captain Byron Watson and his Flamethrower of death, and when LJ and Kenny had the greatest dinosaur war ever. But then Byron did something to get him in big trouble,and he was getting sent to live with Grandma Sands in Birmingham. The whole Watson family was going to visit their grandma for a week and Byron was staying there. The Watsons did not realize that they were driving straight into an area where African Americans were disliked by whites. I liked this book because it tells a great story and has important imformation about our past. Also, it is very funny. I disliked this book because it is sad, but otherwise it was great.

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Summary: Chickens in Birmingham
Review: i liked this book because i liked the part where the killer chickens avenged their doom by chasing people around with spoons and forks. soon enough people got tired of running so they told the chickens to stop chasing them but they didnt. pretty soon the chickens caught all the people and forced them to eat cows soaked in poo like marinade. The people faught back and the chickens stabbed them with spoons and forks. The chickens rubbed cheese over all the peoples ears. Thats why i think this book should get a 5 star rating!!!!

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Summary: fried elephant
Review: i liked this book because i liked when the killer chickans attacked birmingham with spoons and forks a drove everyone out of their minds and told them never to eat fried chicken again.