This reading companion is perfect for students, parents, and teachers who have enjoyed and want to know more about Christopher Paul Curtis"s award-winning novel, The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963. The Watsons Go To Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis is a favorite middle-grade novel. This companion gives backgound on the author, including an interview, questions to guide reading, clues to the story"s themes, plot, characters, and setting, a glossary, writing and other activities, and more. If you loved The Watsons, you need this reading companion.