The book takes place in the life of ten-year old Kenny during 1963 when segregation against colored people was still legal. Kenny’s older brother, Byron is considered as a god at their school as he is one of the strongest in the school. Kenny has told the reader that Byron was nearly about to burn from playing with matches, used chemicals to make his hair straight and was forced to cut all of his hair off as punishment for disrespecting his parents’ orders. This resulted him to become unable to be on vacation with the rest of the family in Birmingham, Alabama. This made his parents make Byron stay with Grandma Sands for the entire summer. So far, they didn't really enjoy the trip as the environment and conditions is different from Flint, Michigan (where they live) as they have to get used to the outhouses and discrimination from the people that don't like them being there.
A lot of the times, the author uses problematic events to try to keep the reader reading the book. One of the events that kept me reading was when Byron used chemicals on his hair to straighten it. This alone created an entire chapter of what his mother and father were going to do with him. His father acted all calm and didn't do anything to Byron until he mumbled something behind their back which prompted his father to do something about him. His father had shaved off all of his hair to the point of where it was really shiny.
The most important part of the book right now is that the Watsons have reached Birmingham. This part of the book is very important as not only is it just near the end of the book but this is when the climax starts to come. These last chapters of the book are going to be a roller coaster of emotions as major events are going to occur (That is why this book is good at keeping you intrigued to read on).
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