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Summary: And You Wonder Why Your The Weird Watsons!!!
Review: I am an 8th grade student. In my english class we had to read the book The Watsons Go To Birmingham. At first I wasn't at first thrilled but once getting into the 1st chapter my perspectivae changed. The 1st chapter is hysterical. Byron really thinks of himself as a "Big Shot1!" Why would you kiss you image in the MIRROR on a cold day. Moma finally just pulls him off. This is a very good book. I would recommend this to anyone.
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Summary: Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Review: This book is one of the best books I have ever read. (And let me tell you I've read alot of books.) It is a great way to have some fun and learn at the same time. It also replecates the Birmingham church bombing with much detail. The charictars are funny in some ways such as saying Wool Pooh instead of whirlpool and the garbage trucks really picking up frozen southern people. Byron (older brother) is somewhat of what a teenager would probably be like while Kenny is just a regular kid. I think that the best part is while they were preparing to and travling to Birmingham, the landmarks they passed were all real at the time and some of them are still there today.This book is a must read for all, I really wish I could say more, but I can't.
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Summary: My review of The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963
Review: This book starts out like every book starts; describing Kenny, Byron, Joey and their parents. It was really funny when Byron got his lips frozen to the mirror. Kenny lives in Flint, Michigan and drove all the way to Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. The reason they go there is because Byron kept getting into trouble and they needed to teach him a lesson. Unfortunately, they have to go back home because the 16th Street Babtist Church was bombed and it was too dangerous to leave Byron with Grandma Sands. I'd give this book an eight and a half out of ten points. It was very good but a little too old for me. I really did like the book; it was really funny.
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Summary: Swedish Cremes and Welfare Cheese
Review: I think this is a wonderful book! It is great for middle school children. My favorite chapter is "Swedish Cremes and Welfare Cheese". I like this chapter because it has a mixture of comedy, drama, and ephiphany. I think it's hilarious how Byron curses Kenny out, and Kenny grins from ear to ear. It is dramatic when Byron kills the mourning dove and immediately reacts badly to it. I think Kenny learns that his brother is a very complex person. He says, "Leave it to Daddy Cool to kill a bird, then give it a funeral...to torture human kids...but feel sorry for a stupid little grayish brown bird." I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes a story that will take them on an emotional roller coaster.
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Summary: watsons go to birmingham
Review: Kenny and his family go to Birmingham, Alabama. The are going there because they want to teach Byron a lesson. When they get there, they complain about the heat.
Later Kenny met Mr. Roberts. Mr. Roberts told them about how his dog almost got drowned by a raccoon. The raccoon tried to drown Toddie, [the dog.] by holding his head underwater. Then they all decide to go fishing. Grandma Sands warned them not to go to Collier's landing. When they got there they saw a sign that warned them not to go to Collier's landing. Kenny said, " lets go". "Didn't you hear Grandma Sands? There's a wool-pooh here." said By. "A what?" said Kenny. "He's Winnie the pooh's brother." said By. so Kenny goes into the water and gets caught in a whirlpool.So Byron saves him. Later Joeys church got bombed. everybody was screaming like crazy. everybody thought Joey got hurt, but she didn't. A boy that looked like Kenny led her away from the church. She didn't know her church got bombed. So they all went home. Kenny stayed behid the couch because he thought that there are magical powers back there. Kenny and Byron call it the Watsons Famos Pet Hospitol. I think everybody should read this book. It is cute and educational.
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Summary: The Watsons
Review: Byron said people froze in the streets. Byron was playing with matches. Wilona, his mother, said she would burn Byron for playing with matches. Byron bought cookies and didn't ask. Byron got sick from the apples.
Byron got chemicals from his friend Bumphead. William got a cool Ultra Glide. Byron has to go to his grandmas house for the school year. William drove for a long time. Wilona sweats when she is mad or scared.
Byron said that the Wool Pooh, Whinnie the Pooh's evil brother, is real and Kenny believes him. The church got bombed and four little girls died. Kenny thought that Joey died in the church. Kenny went to the church after the bombing and thought he found Joey and took what he thought was her shoe, but she was really still alive. I thought this book was OK. One of the things I would have changed is the way Grandma Sands acted. The only other thing I would have changed is the way they treated Byron. Joey's name could have been more girlish. It would have been nice to have another girl as one of the main characters.
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Summary: Life
Review: This was a two faced novel, because it had a good side and a good side it was something for someone who loves comedy and sadness at the same. I would recommend this for someone who is in 6th grade.
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Summary: The Weird Watsons
Review: I think that it was weird how Byron suddenly turned bad to good,while Kenneth changes to someone like Byron.I think it's awkward how Kenny and Joetta see each other as an angel.I recomend this book to anyone who likes comedy and drama.
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Summary: 1963 encapsulated
Review: Much like Curtis's other hit, "Bud, Not Buddy", "The Watsons" explores the everyday life of African Americans in Flint, Michigan. Also like "Bud", the book has probably garnered some criticism for its portrayal, or lack thereof, of active racism. No character in this book ever confronts an actual racist personally. Though the boys attend public school, there isn't even the slightest indication that Flint was any different then than it is today in terms of racial strife. The family does stop briefly in Appalachia, fearing unseen racists in the woods about them, but that's the closest any plot point comes to it. Just the same, the action in these stories is concerned primarily with the interactions between family members, and I am reluctant to criticize Curtis's choice of dramatic tensions. This is a story I've never seen told in a children's novel, let alone told so well. The character of By is more than just a two-dimensional bully, and the stories are downright fascinating in a couple instances. Finally, I appreciated that the narrator is affected realistically in reaction to the 1963 Birmingham church bombing. His nervous breakdown is done with dignity. I've only a small qualm with the unexplained event of the boy's sister claiming he drew her out of the church before the bombing. What does this mean? It's left unclear, though By makes it perfectly obvious that no supernatural occurrence has taken place. This book would either pair well with other stories taking place in 1963, "Through My Eyes", being only one example. It would also pair well with some sort of a buddy story like the "Soup" books. Or it would go well with "Stories Julian Tells", as a series of tales that take place between brothers. Reading this book aloud would also work very well. Because of its humor, it's a wonderful story.
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Summary: Delightful Reading
Review: This is an amusing, delightful novel about an African American family who will warm you heart with their their funny dialogue and funny antics in handling whatever life presents to them. They are featured in a time when family life was valued, times were hard, and living the simple life was just as good as being rich. The Watson family children are eccentric and funnier than you can imagine and will keep you laughing and reading to see what events will happen next.This family is an explosion of love, and the perfect example of a family who stuck together through thick and thin to make life wholesome and memorable during the tough years of the "60's".
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