Book
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
- Published
- 1995
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Publisher
- Yearling
- Pages
- 224
- Words
- 50225
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108077.The_Watsons_Go_to_Birmingham_1963?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.0
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 920L
- Guided reading level
- U
- Suggested reading age
- ages 11–12
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they visit Grandma Sands in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
Collections
Davidson GiftedNY Public Library
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780440228363
- ISBN-10
- 0440228360
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