THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis Accelerated Reader: Level: 5.0. Pts. 8. Number of Multiple Choice Questions on Quiz: 10. Take the 15-Question Whole Book Quiz! Take the 25-Question Whole Book Test! Book Description: Enter the hilarious world of 10-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron, who's 13 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 America's history.