By Christopher Paul Curtis (1995)
Historical Fiction
“Ready, aim, fire.” Enter the life of Kenny Watson, a junior high, lazy eyed boy with “Daddy Cool” for a brother. Big brother Byron is full of himself, up to no good, and always picking on Kenny. And when his parents are finally sick of the attitude (and terrified that Byron will end up in one of those no good gangs) they pack up the family in the Brown Bomber, newly equipped with the True-Tone A-B model 700 Ultra Glide record player, and haul Bryon eighteen hours from Michigan down to mama’s home town – Birmingham, Alabama. In mama’s mind Birmingham is a quaint town free from temptations and trouble where Byron will learn a lesson or two about hard work from Grandma Sands without causing any mischief. But the Birmingham they find is different – and the lesson they learn changes everyone.
This Coretta Scott King Award winner is packed with the sarcastic humor of a junior high boy while introducing young adults to the horrors that racism can cause. You’ll easily get wrapped up in the everyday lives of the "Weird Watsons" and fly through the pages.
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