kiddieliter

The Watsons Go to Birmingham is a comical story told through the eyes of nine year old Kenny. Kenny’s older brother is becoming and handful so the Watsons decide to take a road trip from Flint, Michigan to Alabama to visit Kenny’s grandmother. Kenny’s grandmother is said to be the one who can straighten his older brother out. This book is set in 1963 during the Civil Rights movement and depicts the trials that African Americans faced at that time. Although it was a rough time, through Kenny’s eyes, a wonderful story is told and a bit of history is released to the reader.