The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by CP Curtis
For most of this book, I found the story was not what I was expecting. Based on the title, I was expecting a book about the Civil Rights Movement, perhaps told by a child, but that was not the case, for the most part.
Kenny, his parents, his older brother, Byron, and younger sister, Joetta (Joey), live in Flint, Michigan. Byron is a thug in the making, but the stories Kenny tells about him are too funny--getting his lips stuck to a frozen car mirror, and messing up his hair trying to straighten it. It is Byron's thuggishness that sends the family on a road trip to Birmingham, Alabama. Byron is to spend the summer, and possibly the year, with his grandma to get his act together. While in Alabama, Kenny nearly drowns, and Joey barely escapes a church bombing. The family is changed forever, but come out of it closer.
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