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Author:

Levine, Kristin (Kristin Sims), 1974-

Title:

The best bad luck I ever had / Kristin Levine.

Publisher:

G.P. Putnams Sons,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

266 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Country life--Alabama--Juvenile fiction.
Alabama--History--1819-1950--Juvenile fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Country life--Alabama--Fiction.
Family life--Alabama--Fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Alabama--History--Fiction.--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Summary:

In Moundville, Alabama, in 1917, twelve-year-old Dit hopes the new postmaster will have a son his age, but instead he meets Emma, who is black, and their friendship challenges accepted ways of thinking and leads them to save the life of a condemned man.

ISBN:

0399250905
9780399250903

OCLC:

(OCoLC)228503153

LCCN:

2008011570

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BBPC251 -- Roy R. Estle Memorial Library (Dallas Center)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)