Grandma Sands by Nikia Dillon

Grandma Sands
In the book The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis, Grandma Sands is the mother of Wilona Watson and the grandmother of Byron, Joetta, and Kenny. Grandma Sands live in Birmingham, Alabama where there was still segregation going on. It took them three days to go to Grandma Sands house In the book Byron says that when he met Grandma Sands she was a mean old lady. When Kenny meets her she was a bit more then what he expected. She was shorter, looked very old and laughed like a madwomen. He was also happy that he got to meet his grandmother since he hasn't seen her in a long time or his mother.

The reason why the Watsons go to Birmingham is because of Byron's behavior at home in Flint, Michigan, they think that if Byron stays with Grandma Sands he will learn that life is not a joke.
Grandma Sands also has a boyfriend named Mr. Robert who has a store named after him and has a dog named Toddy that is a gray old dog that use to hunt but not anymore. Grandma Sands begins trying to have a relationship with Byron, Joetta, and Kenny but she have's a hard time with Byron because Byron doesn't like her very much. After the church got bombed, Grandma Sands made sure that the family was fine epically Joetta. She made sure the family was not hurt in anyway and let the family know what had happened.