From the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan hosts the Watsons, also a closeknit family. When 1-5 yearold Byron's antics go extraordinary, his parents now realize enough is enough and they pick the family requires a dose of Grandma Sands' nononsense approach in Birmingham, Alabama. So the Watsons load their 1948 Plymouth Brown Bomber up and head South. When they finally make it to Birmingham, they meet Grandma Sands and her friend, Mr. Robert and detect that life is very different there than in Flint. During that summer, the Watsons are swept up in something far larger than the antics of Byron. Their lifestyles and country may change .