The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963

Recently in my English class, we read a book called The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis. It's about the Birmingham Church Bombing of '63. One of my favorite things about this book is that it is written from the hilarious point of view of a ten year-old boy named Kenny, yet the main character is his older brother, Byron. Byron is a "juvinile delinquent" who dooes enough bad things that now he has to live with his grandmother for the summer down in Birmingham, Alabama. There is plenty of country slang to keep all eyes busy. Christopher Paul Curtis has written a five star novel.