The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had

by Kristin Levine
Lexile:  680
Genre:  Historical Fiction

Harry "Dit" Sims is expected when he learns that a new boy just his age is moving to town.  Imagine his surprise when he learns that the boy is actually a girl and the girl and her family are black.  An unlikely and at times dangerous friendship forms between the two.  When a terrible crime is committed, it could mean the end of their friendship...or it could be just the beginning.