The best bad luck I ever had

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

Places: Alabama