<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book id="4570908">
  <title><![CDATA[The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0399250905]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780399250903]]></isbn13>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
    <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">4570908</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">1</books_count>
  <default_description>The last thing Harry &#8220;Dit&#8221; Sims expects when Emma Walker comes to town is to become friends. Proper -talking, brainy Emma doesn&#8217;t play baseball or fi sh too well, but she sure makes Dit think, especially about the differences between black and white. 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.&lt;p&gt; Set in 1917 and inspired by the author&#8217;s true family history, this is the poignant story of a remarkable friendship and the perils of small-town justice</default_description>
  <id type="integer">4620259</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer">22</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">1</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2009</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:105|5:27|4:54|3:22|2:2|1:0|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">421</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">210</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[4.01]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[105]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[54]]></text_reviews_count>
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had]]></url>
  <authors>
        <author id="1904055">
      <name><![CDATA[Kristin Levine]]></name>
      <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
      <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1904055.Kristin_Levine]]></url>
      <average_rating><![CDATA[4.01]]></average_rating>
      <ratings_count><![CDATA[105]]></ratings_count>
      <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[54]]></text_reviews_count>
    </author>
      </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="210">
    <review id="49897137">
    <user id="1300695">
    <name><![CDATA[Eleanor]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Montgomery, AL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1300695-eleanor]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1215290192p3/1300695.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="fiction" />
        <shelf name="juvenile" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 20 15:01:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 20 15:21:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Set in Moundville, Alabama in 1917 this charming juvenile novel was based on the author's grandfather's handwritten memoir.  <br/><br/>Folks who didn't grow up in the South may not &quot;buy&quot; that children of different races played together and often became friends, and Levine's story capture...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49897137">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49897137]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="32654448">
    <user id="266404">
    <name><![CDATA[Stacey]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/266404-stacey]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186675308p3/266404.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 11 18:52:02 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 11 18:52:53 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Okay, as the editor, perhaps I'm a little biased, but it really is a fantastic read!!!  Huck Finn meets To Kill A Mockingbird.  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32654448]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="62168927">
    <user id="280049">
    <name><![CDATA[Mary]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Metuchen, NJ]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/280049-mary]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1246813319p3/280049.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="middle-school-books" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 04 20:07:54 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 04 20:14:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[In Moundville, AL in 1917, Harry Otis (Dit) Sims is one of 10 children in his family. He's frustrated that he can't seem to get his parents' attention, and he especially wants his father's approval. Dit is good at baseball and hunting with the &quot;flip it&quot; slingshot he made to shoot rocks. Hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62168927">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62168927]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="60514242">
    <user id="819178">
    <name><![CDATA[Ryan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Albany, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/819178-ryan]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 21 09:28:24 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 22 16:04:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Set in 1917, just as America is entering the war, in Alabama, Best Bad Luck follows the growth of a friendship between a young white boy - raised in the rural south, in a family of 10 - and a young black girl - raised in Boston, the only child of a black postal worker and former nurse. Its very much...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60514242">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60514242]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="57753240">
    <user id="959000">
    <name><![CDATA[Kristen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Austin, TX]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/959000-kristen]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1207428464p3/959000.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="mock-newbery-book" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 29 10:46:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 01 10:51:45 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Dit lives in Alabama before the civil rights movement took place.    The anticipated arrival of the newly hired postmaster and his supposed son  were the talk of the town.  Instead, amid great surprise, the new postmaster from Boston is black and, to Dit's dismay, his would-be son is Emma, a bookwor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57753240">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57753240]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="57529358">
    <user id="942318">
    <name><![CDATA[Alexis]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Nampa, ID]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/942318-alexis]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1255479211p3/942318.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="fiction-books" />
        <shelf name="historical-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[EVERYONE!!!!!!!!]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Me, myself, and I!]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri May 29 14:08:29 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed May 27 14:03:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 29 14:08:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I AM NOT LYING ONE LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS BOOK! I THOUGHT I WOULDN'T LIKE IT THAT MUCH, BUT I THOUGHT,'I'LL GIVE IT A SHOT.' It is the BEST BOOK i have ever READ! I AM NOT LYING! It is my new favorite book! It is set in the 1900's like the 1915's-1917's, and it was at a time when blacks and whites di...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57529358">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57529358]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="55009387">
    <user id="1974182">
    <name><![CDATA[Kathy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pasadena, MD]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1974182-kathy]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1235486048p3/1974182.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 05 07:48:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 05 07:51:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Although black, and a girl, the new postmaster's daughter turns out to be a good friend for 12-year-old Dit Sims, desperate for attention in his big family and struggling to navigate the racially charged territory of small-town Alabama in 1918. The friendship slowly develops as they share their diff...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55009387">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55009387]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="55465439">
    <user id="1205259">
    <name><![CDATA[Janet]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1205259-janet]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212414125p3/1205259.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 09 06:20:54 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 15 10:36:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Stuck in the middle of a family of ten kids in small-town 1917 Alabama, and believing his dad can't even remember his name, 12-year-old Dit Sims is really looking forward to making friends with the new postmaster's son.  Problem is: the train rolls into town and the new kid steps out in shiny new sh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55465439">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55465439]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="76334686">
    <user id="2236983">
    <name><![CDATA[Skstiles612]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sarasota, FL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2236983-skstiles612]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1240223621p3/2236983.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="middle-grades" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 31 18:31:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 31 18:32:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[In an age when it is not good for a black girl and a white boy to be seen together, Dit and Emma find themselves thrown together to stand up for the rights of one of their friends. Henry Otis, known as dit is excited when he finds out that their new postmasterhas a son. Finally he has someone that h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76334686">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76334686]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="76966519">
    <user id="1812322">
    <name><![CDATA[Sandy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sun Prairie, WI]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1812322-sandy]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1229647742p3/1812322.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="bullying-and-violence" />
        <shelf name="friendship" />
        <shelf name="historical-fiction" />
        <shelf name="juvenile-fiction" />
        <shelf name="multicultural" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 06 18:28:46 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 06 18:36:11 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I was hooked on this book pretty much from start to finish and am pleased to announce that this is yet ANOTHER winner from a first-time author this year.  I loved the way that the story handled race relations in a realistic yet accessable way for kids, and I definitely see why this one has been talk...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76966519">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76966519]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="74586475">
    <user id="53329">
    <name><![CDATA[Abby]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Louisville, KY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/53329-abby]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1232593167p3/53329.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="cybils-2009" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 14 21:55:29 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 14 21:55:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Twelve-year-old Dit is hoping that the new postmaster for his small Alabama town will have a boy just his age so they can play baseball all summer long. It's Dit's bad luck that the postmaster turns out to have a daughter instead. Emma and Dit become friends despite their different races (Emma is bl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74586475">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74586475]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="53703739">
    <user id="66700">
    <name><![CDATA[Talia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Columbus, OH]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/66700-talia]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1220277479p3/66700.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="j-fiction" />
        <shelf name="j-historicalfic" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Heather Webb]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 23 07:32:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 23 07:32:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Dit, who lives in a small town in 1917 Alabama, is initially excited when he hears the new postmaster coming to town has a son his age. But when the postmaster and his family arrives, Dit is dismayed to learn that not only is the postmaster’s child a girl, but the family is black. Despite their st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53703739">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53703739]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="49232190">
    <user id="1779792">
    <name><![CDATA[Betsy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1779792-betsy]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1237991185p3/1779792.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="historical-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 14 07:02:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 21 08:12:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Slow to start but the characters were so endearing it became a page turner.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49232190]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="79884539">
    <user id="833253">
    <name><![CDATA[Kimberly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/833253-kimberly]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251685217p3/833253.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 04 11:06:37 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 04 16:53:11 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A wonderful coming-of-age story, this book is narrated by 12 year old Harry--nicknamed &quot;Dit&quot;--who is one of 10 children, loves baseball, is great with a slingshot and anxious for his father's approval and love.  It is 1917 and Moundsville, Alabama is getting a new postmaster.  Dit goes to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79884539">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79884539]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="74393263">
    <user id="82545">
    <name><![CDATA[Lynn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Madison, WI]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/82545-lynn]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226968928p3/82545.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="middle-grades" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 13 09:42:05 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 13 09:47:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A great first novel!  About halfway through the book, i was hooked and had to read straight through to the end.  WWI-era historical fiction set in small town Alabama.  Delves into race relations, small town politics and more in a kid-friendly way (if you can get the book into their hands).  The main...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74393263">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74393263]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="75982654">
    <user id="2073245">
    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pittsburgh, PA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2073245-jennifer]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1249936280p3/2073245.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>true</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="ya" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 28 03:13:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 12 03:11:47 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A beautifully painted picture of the gradual friendship between &quot;Dit&quot; and Emma against all odds. In Alabama in 1917 open relationships between blacks and whites aren't condoned. That, added with the fact that Emma is a prissy girl, make for barriers to  their friendship. Fishing, baseball,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75982654">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75982654]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="60640660">
    <user id="1583397">
    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Yorkville, IL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1583397-jessica-parker]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243905375p3/1583397.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="historical" />
        <shelf name="mock-newbery-2010" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 22 09:47:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 30 08:11:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Moundville, Alabama is set to get a new postmaster and Dit is excited that there will be a boy just his age to play with. But when the new postmaster and his family turn up in town and are black, it only makes things more difficult that the boy is a girl. Now it is up to Dit to follow his mother's e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60640660">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60640660]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="57879599">
    <user id="2368655">
    <name><![CDATA[Sharon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oakdale, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2368655-sharon]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 30 14:37:54 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 30 15:10:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Dit hopes the new postmaster's son will be his age and play baseball, but instead the &quot;son&quot; is a daughter who knows nothing about baseball, who is more interested in books and stories, and is black.  In spite of these impediments, Dit becomes best friends with Emma.  But what's even more u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57879599">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57879599]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="72405287">
    <user id="90661">
    <name><![CDATA[Destinee]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/90661-destinee]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206569541p3/90661.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="african-american" />
        <shelf name="families" />
        <shelf name="guy-reads" />
        <shelf name="historical-fiction" />
        <shelf name="tween" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 24 19:29:11 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 16 12:39:19 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I don't have a single complaint about this book. It was well-written, enjoyable, and I learned a little something about being 13 years old in small-town Alabama in 1918. I'd be happy if it got a Newbery nod. <br/><br/>The story's told by Dit, one of ten children, who is just your average kid until...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72405287">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72405287]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="79320833">
    <user id="1058295">
    <name><![CDATA[Anne]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1058295-anne]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1207422845p3/1058295.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4570908</id>
  <isbn>0399250905</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780399250903</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">105</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">54</text_reviews_count>
  <title>The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had</title>
  <average_rating>4.01</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890624m/4570908.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570908.The_Best_Bad_Luck_I_Ever_Had</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="historical-fiction" />
        <shelf name="juvenile-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 29 14:20:45 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 29 14:20:45 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Set in rural Alabama in 1917, Harry Otis(called Dit) is excited to meet the new postmasters son when the train comes into the station.  He is more than disappointed to realize that the postmaster has a daughter, and she is black.  Because they live right next door, however, Dit cannot avoid Emma and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79320833">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79320833]]></url>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
        <shelf name="historical-fiction" />
        <shelf name="juvenile-fiction" />
        <shelf name="juvenile" />
        <shelf name="j-fiction" />
        <shelf name="young-adult" />
        <shelf name="middle-school" />
        <shelf name="historical" />
        <shelf name="to-review" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link id="8">
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4570908</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>