 
 <translate> The novel is a first-person account narrarated by Kenny Watson, who lives in Flint, Michigan with his parents, Daniel and Wilona Watson, his older brother Byron, and younger sister Joetta. The opening chapters establish Kenny as a very bright and shy 4th grader who has difficulty making true friends until Rufus Fry arrives in town from Arkansas. Rufus is also bullied by the students at Clark Elementary for his "country" clothes and accent, making Kenny reluctant to befriend him at first, but they are soon inseparable. Kenny is alternatively bullied and protected by his 13 year old brother Byron, whom he calls "an official teenage juvenile delinquent". Byron has been retained twice because he often skips school and is still in 6th grade. He invents a series of "fantastic adventures" which constantly get him into trouble and include playing with matches in the house, abusing his parent's credit at the corner grocery store to buy himself treats, and getting a "conk" hairstyle against his parents' orders.

Where is rufus from in the watsons go to birmingham? Okie... think carefully first, then make a decision: <hau> Littafin labari ne na farko wanda Kenny Watson ya ba da labari, wanda ke zaune a Flint, Michigan tare da iyayensa, Daniel da Wilona Watson, babban ɗan'uwansa Byron, da ƙaramar 'yar'uwarsa Joetta. Fasali na farko ya kafa Kenny a matsayin mai hankali da jin kunya na aji na huɗu wanda ke da wahalar yin abokai na gaskiya har sai Rufus Fry ya isa garin daga Arkansas. Har ila yau, ɗalibai a Makarantar Firamare ta Clark suna cin zarafin Rufus saboda tufafinsa da lafazinsa na "ƙasa", wanda ya sa Kenny ya ƙi yin abokantaka da shi da farko, amma ba da daɗewa ba za su rabu. Kenny yana canzawa da kariya daga ɗan'uwansa mai shekaru 13 Byron, wanda ya kira shi "matasa mai laifi na matasa". An riƙe Byron sau biyu saboda sau da yawa yakan tsallake makaranta kuma har yanzu yana cikin aji na shida. Ya ƙirƙira jerin "abubuwan al'ajabi" waɗanda ke sa shi cikin matsala koyaushe kuma sun haɗa da wasa da wasan wuta a cikin gida, cin zarafin bashin iyayensa a kantin sayar da kayan masarufi na kusurwa don sayen kansa, da kuma samun gashin "conk" a kan iyayen iyayensa.  Daga ina ne Rufus ya fito a lokacin da 'yan gidan Watson suka je Birmingham? Okie... Ka yi tunani sosai da farko, sannan ka yanke shawara: 