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Summary: My thoughts over the Watsons Go to Burmingham
Review: Hello, I just got done reading a book for a class project. My book was the Watsons go to Burmingham 1963. The book didnt really make much sense to me. The chapters were all differant and that made it confusing. In some parts of the book it is really funny, and in some parts of the book i was like "why did they include that?" Some parts you learn things and some parts taught you the opposite of what you learned in class. It talks about a fmaily going to Burmingham, Alabama. This book takes place when the Civil Rights Movement was going through. It also talks about life in 1963 for a black family. This book would be great for people who like stories told by a chracter. It would also be great for someone who likes to learn things about history, since the book took place in 1963. If you read this book i hope you like it!
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Summary: Family life during the Civil Rights Movement
Review: The novel The Watsons go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis is about an African-American family living in North America. It is about the relationship between Kenny, his older brother Byron and his younger sister Joetta. Kenny is a really smart ten-year-old boy. Only his eyes are lazy, that's a handicap for him. He is not accepted at school, as he wants to be. Byron is in his thirteen-year-old phase and causes a lot of problems for his parents. He colors his hair, has not the "right" friends etc. Finally his parents decide to bring him to his grandmother to Birmingham over the summer. This story finds place in 1963- during the Civil Rights Movement. It is a hard time for the Afro-American people especially in the South: churches are bombed, people killed and the whites try to work against the movement. Joetta get nearly killed when a bomb is thrown at her church. It is interesting educational book. It is based on the life of an Afro-American family in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement. I think it is important to read literature like this about the history of the USA. It is rather the history of the life of the inhabitants of the USA. This history still influences the life of today. Curtis writes his book with much humor and irony, e.g. when Byron kisses the car mirror. He writes about a hard time for all African-Americans. The book is written from Kenny's perspective, so that I had the feeling that I was a part of their family. I had all the experiences with them. This book is like a trip into the 1960s, into the time of the CRM. Curtis life is related to the book, he was born in Flint, Michigan, where this story begins. When I read this book I could feel the emotions that were going on. He gives a good view into this time. Curtis rapped the time of the Civil Rights Movement successfully in an interesting story. I would suggest when children read this book that they read it with an adult to explain to them what was going on during the CRM. A reader from CA writes about this book: "I reccomend it to people that like history." But I think Curtis wrote it so well that I didn't have the feeling that the whole book is about history. It is a story that contains history. But Curtis leads skillfully back to it. I didn't want to stop reading. I really enjoyed reading this book and also it is a children book my suggestion: read it.
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Summary: The Watsons Go to Birmingham -1963
Review: This is an okay book. I reccomend it to people that like history. It has a little adventure. My favoret part is when they get the record player. The grosest part is when Byrun gets his lips stuck to the Brown Bomer.
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Summary: The not so good book
Review: I did not like the book. It was not exciting. there was not that much adventure. The book was a little gory. they said a lot of bad words.
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Summary: The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963
Review: The book the wastons go to birming ham is a bad book unless you like history because the book was to into a noval and i don,t like noval that say the same thing over and over again. there is no such thing as a wool pooh.never say you can,t kill a bird with a cookie
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Summary: OK
Review: I sortof like it. It had it good parts and it bad part. The good parts were when Byron got his tongue stuck to the mirror of the car. It was interesting when they got to Birmingham and they found the Wooh Pool and Kenny got stuck in it. The middle was boring.
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Summary: This Book Is The Greatest!
Review: I read this book, and i just could not stop reading it. I'm sure you will have that same feeling when you read it. It is about African American Kenny Watson, with two brothers and some mighty funny stories to tell!
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Summary: The Watsons Go To Birmingham
Review: The Watsons Go To Birgingham is a really interesting book. It is about a rather strange family named the Watsons and their life in general. Join Byron, Kenny, & Joetta as they go on journey filled with classic sibling rivlary, self realizations, and an event that will show how cruel humans can be. A wonderful story that everyone should read!
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Summary: The Watsons Rock
Review: This book is great. I loved it. It was funny, but the last few chapters were very suspenseful. I was required to read it for English class, but I would have found it anyway. Kenny's view of what happened was interesting. Overall grade: A+++++++++ Totally dugular.
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Summary: The Watsons go to Birmingham, Book Review
Review: Have you ever had you tongue stuck to a car mirror in the middle of December? Or has your mother ever purposely try to burn your finger? Well if you can relate to these issues, this is a book for you! When you grow up in a family called the "Weird Watsons" your life will be very queer. With a juvenile delinquent brother named Byron. A take along sister, Joanna. A machine-crazed father, and a fire-spooked mother, you can understand how this combination is a wacky and interesting time! We thought this book was incredibly interesting. Mixed up in the middle of the civil rights movement, this is a wacky ride that you need to take!
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