Bücher von Christopher Paul Curtis

Ein Klassiker der Schwarzen amerikanischen Literatur Die Watsons sind eine komische Familie - und Meister im Aufstellen schräger Rekorde: So ist Byron, der älteste Sohn, vermutlich der einzige Mensch der Welt, der schon mal mit den Lippen am vereisten Seitenspiegel eines Autos kleben geblieben ist. Und weil der Junge auch sonst nur Blödsinn im Kopf hat, fahren Momma, Dad, er, Bruder Kenny und die kleine Schwester Joetta zur Großmutter nach Birmingham, Alabama. Sie soll Byron zur Vernunft bringen. Doch für die schwarze Familie ist Alabama im Jahr 1963 lebensgefährlich, weil sie hautnah eines der dunkelsten Kapitel US-amerikanischer Geschichte erlebt.

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