Summary Of The Watsons Go To Birmingham By Christopher Paul Curtis

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The Name of My Book is "The Watsons Go To Birmingham". Written by Christopher Paul Curtis. The story takes place in Birmingham,AL. The Main characters are Byron Watson,Joey Watson,Kenny Watson,and Wilma Watson. Kenny and his family live in Flint, Michigan. They're known as the Weird Watsons because they always manage to get themselves into crazy situations like Byron freezing his lips to the car. Pretty weird, indeed. We get the vital stats on each character: Dad is a jokester, Momma is from the South, Joey is super sensitive, Kenny is a nice kid, and Byron is a juvenile delinquent. Kenny's pretty miserable until Rufus Fry moves to Flint and winds up on Kenny's bus. Rufus' family is poor and from the South, so Kenny hopes the bullies will

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