This is a class set of 15 books. 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. Newbery Honor 1996 - 1997 and Coretta Scott King Award - Non-violent Social Change 1996 - 1997 6 Trait Writing Collection - Voice FIC HIGH INTEREST SECOND CHANCE READING LEXILE 1000.