Curtis, C. P., (2001). The Watsons go to Birmingham, 1963. New York: Delacorte.
The book The Watsons go to Birmingham is set in the early 1960s in the South where segregation and the Civil Rights Movement are occurring. For people who have never struggled for equal rights and through segregation this story’s characters perceive these feelings throughout the book. As the reader reads this book they can only imagine what people went through during this time, the characters experience so many incidents throughout the book. You have big brother Byron who bullies his younger brother Kenny, Mr. and Mrs. Watson’s tough love, and sister Joey who tries to do what is right. The actions of the characters in this book put them in the deep south where they find themselves in the middle of all this anger and hatred. Due to these events going on in the South one of the members of the Watson family finds themselves in an awful situation that ultimately changes the lives of the whole family. Kenny being the protagonist overcomes tragedy and with support of his loved ones, appreciates not only his freedom but learns that after a tragedy there is always light at the end.
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