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Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron, who's thirteen and an "official juvenile delinquent."

When 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...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.

Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.

The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning...

The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father--from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree.

It's 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:

1. He has his own suitcase full of special things.
2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of...

The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father--from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree.

It's 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:

1. He has his own suitcase full of special things.
2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of...

Presenting case studies from sixteen countries on five continents, The Catholic Church and the Nation-State paints a rich portrait of a complex and paradoxical institution whose political role has varied historically and geographically. In this integrated and synthetic collection of essays, outstanding scholars from the United States and abroad examine religious, diplomatic, and political actions--both admirable and regrettable--that shape our world. Kenneth R. Himes sets the context of the book by brilliantly describing the political influence of the church in the post-Vatican II...

The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father--from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree.

It's 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:

1. He has his own suitcase full of special things.
2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of...

Ein Klassiker der Schwarzen amerikanischen Literatur

Die Watsons sind eine komische Familie - und Meister im Aufstellen schräger Rekorde. Und weil vor allem Byron 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.

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...