The Best Bad Luck I've Ever Had

Kristin Levine has written The Best Bad Luck I’ve Ever Had and two other books, The Paper Cowboy (http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/the-paper-cowboy) , and The Lions Of Little Rock. In The Lions Of Little Rock (http://www.schoolastic.com/teachers/book/lions-little-rock#cart/cleanup)  and The Best Bad Luck I’ve Ever Had, they are both about historical fictions, and have the same type of story line. In The Best Bad Luck I’ve Ever Had, it is about a boy named Dit who meets this black girl Emma, who just moved into town with her family in the early 1900’s. Blacks are highly discriminated against, and Dit becomes close friends with Emma. He and Emma go through mysteries and adventures in this discriminated time.

In this book, Dit and Emma have to face many challenges. The main characters are Dit and Emma, but a native American, who owns a store, is also a big part of the story. Emma and Dit face troubles with maintaining their friendship because of the discriminating time, and find themselves in trouble. They go on adventures and investigations to get out of the trouble they caused and save the day. “We were almost back to the jail with our second load, and I was just beggining to think we might pull this off, when Uncle Wiggens wandered into the street." (levine, 152) this is one of my favorite and one of the most exciting parts of the book in my opinion.

If you like action, mystery, and excitement,  then this is a book for you. Especially if you like historical fictions. You need to read this book if you are interested in these things. If racial comments, or the "N" word doesn’t make you feel comfortable then I don’t recommend this book for you. If you can handle the Racism then I definitely recommend this book for you, it is intriguing almost all the time, very exciting. 

Book Review by Marcellus B.