English language
Published April 2, 2009 by G.P. Putnams Sons.
The best bad luck I ever had
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.
Subjects
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Prejudices -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Country life -- Alabama -- Fiction
- Family life -- Alabama -- Fiction
- Alabama -- History -- 1819-1950 -- Fiction