According to the Lexile website (see link below) The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 has a Lexile measure of 920L. This means that the book is deemed suitable for children within the 11-14 age range, though it should be noted that the measure relates to readability rather than the suitability of a book's content in terms of violence or bad language.
That being the case, it should be appropriate for 5th- and 6th-graders, most of whom will comprehend the meaning of the text well enough to understand and enjoy it while also being challenged by some of the more unfamiliar words used. However, this is just one of many different measures of the book's appropriateness. For its part, the publisher's website states that the book is suitable for children in grades 6-8.
https://fab.lexile.com/book/details/9780385321754/
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/the-watsons-go-to-birmingham-1963-by-christopher-paul-curtis/
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