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Summary: The Watsons Go To Birmingham- 1963
Review: The Watsons Go to Birmingham -1963 By:Christopher PaulCurtis If you're looking for a great book that you never want toput down, The Watsons Go to Birmingham is perfect. It is written by Christopher Paul Curtis. It's full of adventure, comedy, and tragedy. This book is based on the life of a black family in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement. The book is narrated by one of the young family members, Kenny. The family goes through many problems with Kenny's big brother Byron. Byron thinks he's so cool and thinks he can do whatever he wants including dying his hair, play with matches, and he does other stuff like kissing himself in the mirror. Kenny also has a mom who is very strict and a dad who is always positive. One more family member is Joetta. She is Kenny's younger sister and is very caring.One of the things we really enjoyed about this book was, that the author really expresses the character's characteristics. The theme of this story is based on the Civil Rights Movement and family. The book goes through problems in both of these categories. Such as, bombings during the Civil Rights Movement, problems with Byron and Kenny, and so many more usual, and some unusual, problems. Many of the Watson family members change during the story. An example of this is, Byron changed from a disobedient child, to a mature, young man full of respect. The theme of this book really expresses the authors feelings on family and the Civil Rights Movement. Christopher Paul Curtis is a great author and uses many different "secrets" to make his writing as good as it is. First of all, he tells things like they are. There isn't any fantasy in this book and you can relate to the story. The Watsons are just like any family. They go through difficult times and good times. Curtis also does a good job of describing the things that are happening. For example, he told in detail what happened after the church was bombed and what Kenny saw while he was in the church. Curtis has humor in his book too. This makes a big difference, because it makes the book more interesting by making you laugh. Sometimes he uses humor to describe. Like when Byron got his lips stuck to the rearview mirror and Kenny said, "...Byron's lips stretched a mile before they finally let go of that mirror." One thing that we didn't care for about the book was that he didn't use any cliffhangers. We think that that is wanted in a good book, but otherwise it's a great book. We think Christopher Paul Curtis's life really relates to the book. Christopher Paul Curtis was born in the same place that the book took place, Flint, Michigan. He began working on the book The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 when he was in high school. He attended the University of Michigan, where he won the Avery Hopwood Prize for major essays and the Jules Hopwood Prize for an early draft of The Watsons Go to Birmingham. Curtis has won a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor for this book and it was named a Best Book of 1995. Christopher Paul Curtis currently lives in Windsor, Ontario, Canada with his wife Kaysandra, and children Steven Darrel, 18 and Cydney McKenzie, who's four. Can't you see how Christopher Paul Curtis's life really reflects on this book? The Watsons Go to Birmingham is a great book that is worth the reading. We would rate this book an eight on a scale of one to ten with ten being the highest. We would rate it this because, the author has well-developed characters, great describing and really expresses his feelings about family and the Civil Rights Movement You learn many things from this book about appreciating your family and will learn that you never know what you've got until it's gone.
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Summary: The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963
Review: "The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963" was about a boy, Kenny, who tell about what his family was like. Most of the stories that he tell are funny, and some are about how mean his brother really can be. I recomend this book to you because it was great.
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Summary: The Watsons go to Birmingham 1963
Review: I think I just liked the book.You know why did Mr.Curtis wrote those cus words inside he shouldn't do that.
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Summary: A Great Tribute to Those Four Little Girls
Review: This book was a great tribute to the four littl girls thatt were killed in the bombing in Birmingham, 1963. I was a little confused as to how Joetta (Kenny's, or the main character's) little sister escaped from the bomb. I was also confused by the "Wool Pooh", but my curiosity to comprehend kept me involved in the book. I loved this book, and in fact, a friend and I are recommending it in our school newspaper for the people of the world. I loved the book! I think that there should be a sequel. Keep writing, Christopher Paul Curtis! And I'll keep reading!
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Summary: A great book for all ages
Review: The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 is a great book for all ages. It teaches children about what happened during those times without going completely in depth. I really enjoyed this novel and read it when I was younger, and now being older reading it has had more of an impact on me. It shows how drastic things were, and was a great novel and I defiantly recommend it to anyone. great!
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Summary: Marginal.
Review: Tihs book is really not that great. It is crude for no reason, and it has a ridiculously unclear ending. The best aspects of this book are the humor and the message. I would give it only a marginal recommendation.
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Summary: The Watsons
Review: The Watsons go to Birmingham is a book that teaches young readers what the life style was like during that periond of time. You would never think that a mother like Mrs. Watson would follow through on a punishment so harsh that she can scare her child just to prove a point.
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Summary: The Watsons Go To Birmingham- 1963- A True Delight
Review: In 1963, Kenny Watson and his family from Flint, Michigan, decide to go to Birmingham for a family vacation. This book entails the journey, but more importantly, it is a perspective of the life of the Watsons. Even though they are black, they are the ideal American family of the 1960s. As seen though the eyes of a fourth-grade boy, Kenny, the book is funny, innocent, true to life, and often quite profound. Kenny's point of view makes this book a great one whether the reader is eight years old or 80 years old. There are many levels upon which this book can be enjoyed, and personally, it was a true delight to read.
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Summary: An easy, informative read
Review: For me, this book was a break from having to go into definite deep thought. Although it is for all ages, the fourth grade reading level definitely makes it more enjoyable for a high school senior who constantly analyzes very difficult books. The way Curtis wrote made you not even realize that the family was even black until the end. I would recognize the fact that people of all ages, genders, races, and religions would enjoy this book.
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Summary: Historical Literature Student's Perspective
Review: The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 was found to be one of the most interesting books I have read in the sense that the narrator was a ten year old boy. I enjoyed learnig of this time in history from his point of view because it wasn't the usual approach to a historical novel. In most circumstances a book of this nature is written from an adults perspective dealing with adult problems, which I sometimes find hard to relate to and uninteresting. Seeing life through the eyes of a child, allowed everything to be stated clearly, making it possible for myself to find the true meaning of the book. Reading this novel, I truly felt as though I was listening to a young boy telling me about his life for a little over two hundred amazing pages.
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