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The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had
Kristin Levine (2009) , 266 pages
Dit can't wait for the new postmaster. He knows that the family has a kid his age. The whole town is surpised to learn that the Walker family is African American. In Moundville, there is still a lot of racial tension. Dit is more disappointed to learn that the new kid is a girl. Emma is a prissy girl who wears dresses and reads all the time. But Dit's ma expects Dit to be nice to Emma anyway. Slowly, Dit and Emma become good friends. But it is not easy for a white boy to be friends with an African American girl. Soon the racial tension comes to a boiling point. Dit and Emma realize that lives are at stake, and it is up to them to fix a wrong before it is too late.
Reviewed by Lisa