Title: The best bad luck I ever had
First published: 2009
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
Subjects: 1819-1950, The Teens (20th century), Fiction, Historical Fiction, Interracial friendship, Race relations, Families, Prejudices, Boy/girl relations, Historical fiction, Country life, Twelve-year-old boys, Juvenile Fiction, Family life, Friendship, History, Family, Juvenile fiction, Coming of age
Places: Alabama
LC classification: PZ7.L57842 Bes 2009