The best bad luck I ever had

By Kristin Levine

Subjects: Historical Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Boy/girl relations, Country life, Families, Family, Prejudices, Historical fiction, 1819-1950, Coming of age, The Teens (20th century), Interracial friendship, Fiction, Twelve-year-old boys, Juvenile fiction, History, Race relations, Family life, Friendship

Description: The last thing Harry "Dit" Sims expects when Emma Walker comes to town is to become friends. Proper -talking, brainy Emma doesn't play baseball or fi sh too well, but she sure makes Dit think, especially about the differences between black and white. But soon Dit is thinking about a whole lot more when the town barber, who is black, is put on trial for a terrible crime. Together Dit and Emma come up with a daring plan to save him from the unthinkable.Set in 1917 and inspired by the author's true family history, this is the poignant story of a remarkable friendship and the perils of small-town justice