Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close-knit family in the summer of 1963. When 15-year-old Byron's shenanigans become too much for his parents in Birmingham, Alabama, they decide that the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands' no-nonsense approach. As a result, the Watsons pack their 1948 Plymouth Brown Bomber and fly south. When they eventually get in Birmingham, they meet Grandma Sands and her companion, Mr. Robert, and learn that life in Birmingham is vastly different from life in Flint. The Watsons become embroiled in something considerably bigger than Byron's pranks during that momentous summer, something that will forever affect their lives and the country.
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Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close-knit family in the summer of 1963. When 15-year-old Byron's shenanigans become too much for his parents in Birmingham, Alabama, they decide that the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands' no-nonsense approach. As a result, the Watsons pack their 1948 Plymouth Brown Bomber and fly south. When they eventually get in Birmingham, they meet Grandma Sands and her companion, Mr. Robert, and learn that life in Birmingham is vastly different from life in Flint. The Watsons become embroiled in something considerably bigger than Byron's pranks during that momentous summer, something that will forever affect their lives and the country.
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