The Watsons Go to Birmingham

In Chapter 1 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham, we learned the Watsons are in Flint, Michigan and their heater is not working and momma wants to move down South to Mama’s home state where it is warmer.They are in the middle of a very cold winter in Flint, Michigan. There is a family of 5. Byron,Joey,Dad,Momma and Kenny. Kenny is the youngest brother and Kenny is the narrator. Byron is the oldest brother of the family. Joey is the only daughter and the youngest in the family. They are all sitting on the couch in blankets because it is very cold. Dad comes in and asks for Kenny and Byron to scrap the ice of the windows of the Brown Bomber, the family’s car. Byron is looking at himself in the mirror and kisses himself in the mirror. He gets his lips stuck to the mirror. Momma pulls Byron’s lips off the mirror. Momma and the Dad are having a struggle about where they should go, stay or go to Alabama. Byron and Kenny are having a brotherly struggle of fighting. My favorite part of the book so far is when Byron kissed the mirror and got his lips stuck to the mirror.