The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963

The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963 This story is narrated by Kenny Watson. Throughout the story he talks about the troubles that go on during the school year with him and his brother and his brother's friends. His father and mother are very good to him and his family and have no problems throughout the story between them. The story starts out with Kenny starting 4th grade and Byron, his brother starting 5th grade. Byron …

…for the 20 hour drive. When they got there they had met grandma for the very first time and were kind of scared of her. She told them not to go to the lake down the road because so many kids have died of the whirl pool. Kenny didn't seem to listen so he went in anyways and almost became one of the kids that had died, but his brother reached in and saved his life.