★ 美國紐伯瑞兒童文學銀牌獎
A wonderful middle-grade novel narrated by Kenny, 9, about his middle-class black family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's 13-year-old brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to be in Birmingham when Grandma's church is blown up.
本書適合作為中年級學生讀物，故事發生在密西根州的弗林特市，當地有一戶中產階級黑人家庭，人稱「詭異的華特森家」。十三歲的哥哥拜倫總是愛惹麻煩，因此爸媽決定前往南方的伯明罕去拜訪外婆，讓外婆好好教導這個麻煩精。然而就在他們抵達伯明罕時，發現外婆常去的教堂竟然被炸掉了！究竟是發生了什麼事？且聽九歲的弟弟肯尼娓娓道來。
A wonderful middle-grade novel narrated by Kenny, 9, about his middle-class black family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's 13-year-old brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can shape him up. And they happen to be in Birmingham when Grandma's church is blown up.
本書適合作為中年級學生讀物，故事發生在密西根州的弗林特市，當地有一戶中產階級黑人家庭，人稱「詭異的華特森家」。十三歲的哥哥拜倫總是愛惹麻煩，因此爸媽決定前往南方的伯明罕去拜訪外婆，讓外婆好好教導這個麻煩精。然而就在他們抵達伯明罕時，發現外婆常去的教堂竟然被炸掉了！究竟是發生了什麼事？且聽九歲的弟弟肯尼娓娓道來。
【適讀程度】
Age Range: 10 years +