{"product_id":"the-best-bad-luck-i-ever-had-9780142416488","title":"The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful story about race and an unlikely friendship from award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lions of Little Rock\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ALA Best Book for Young Adults\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe last thing Harry \"Dit\" Sims expects when Emma Walker comes to town is to become friends. Propertalking, brainy Emma doesn't play baseball or fish too well, but she sure makes Dit think, especially about the differences between black and white in the 1910s. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e★ \"Tension builds just below the surface of this energetic, seamlessly narrated first novel set in small-town Alabama in 1917.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e★ \"This classic story of how unlikely persons can change things for the better should appeal to all readers.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Puffin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780142416488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e128009 \/ Best Bad Luck I Ever Had\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.2 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 9\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kristin Levine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634857767068,"sku":"9780142416488","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dc58989e-110c-4dc3-b131-f8e4a74c71ef.jpg?v=1603837832","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-best-bad-luck-i-ever-had-9780142416488","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}