by Christopher Paul Curtis · L'École des loisirs · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782211039505
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«Voyage à Birmingham, 1963» is the young adult novel by Christopher Paul Curtis, published by L'École des loisirs in paperback (223 pages, in French).
The Watson family, African American from Michigan, travels to Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963 so that Grandma Sands can correct Byron, the older brother. The journey, told from a child's perspective, mixes the humour of Byron's antics with a harsh reality: the segregation of the South and the danger lurking for the Black community.
Original title: The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 (1995). French edition from the Medium Poche collection. Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and nominated for the Newbery Medal.
For readers aged 12 and up who want to discover the civil rights movement from a family perspective.
Christopher Paul Curtis is an American children's book author. His first novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963, was published in 1995 and brought him immediate national recognition, receiving the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Award and the Newbery Honor Book Award, in addition to numerous other awards. In 2000, he became the first person to win both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award—prizes received for his second novel Bud, Not Buddy—and the first African-American man to win the Newbery Medal. His novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 was made into a television film in 2013.
