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The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963. The Watsons' journey reminds us that even in the hardest times, laughter and family can help us get through anything.
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Black History - Children's Fiction
Classics - Middle Grade Books
Coretta Scott King Award
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Classics - Middle Grade Books
Coretta Scott King Award
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Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned band leader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
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