Make room for Elisa
Johanna Hurwitz
The adventures of five-year-old Elisa as she attends her brother's recital, gets new eyeglasses, moves with her family to a new apartment, and welcomes the new baby.
Read Time: ~3.5 hr
The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963
by Christopher Paul Curtis (2000)
About this book
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.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 Lead Character
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