The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had

About this book

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