THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM – 1963

Dell Laurel-Leaf, New York, 2000, 9^th pr.  ISBN 0-440-22800-X.  MMPB, 210+ pages.  Unread copy; pages lightly tanning.  ‘Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan.  There’s Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, Kenny, and Byron, who’s thirteen and “an official juvenile delinquent.”  When Momma and Dad decide it’s time for a visit to Grandma, Dad comes home with the amazing Ultra-Glide, and the Watsons set out on a trip like no other.  They’re heading south.  They’re going to Birmingham, Alabama, toward one of the darkest moments in American history.’ (from rear wrap)