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KIT, 1934
Kit Kittredge is a nine-year-old girl living with her family in Cincinnati, Ohio during the Great Depression. It was a time when many people in our country were out of work; the banks failed, which meant that many businesses failed as well. Lots of families had trouble making ends meet. It's also a time when Kit's family faces big changes. How will she be able to help her family survive? Will her father ever find work again? Read the books about Kit to find out what happens next.
 MEET KIT: An American Girl (Book #1)
by Valerie Tripp
(September 2000)
Pleasant Company
ISBN: 1584850167
Ages 7-up
61 pages
Nine-year-old Kit loves spending time with her best friend Ruthie talking about their families, friends and favorite books. And Kit especially likes to put down all the news of the day in her very own newspaper. She types up her own headlines and stories every day so she can show the newspaper to her father when he comes home from work. But when Kit's father has to close down his car dealership because of the hard times, Kit fears her life will soon read like the city newspaper --- filled with sad and worrisome items. Things get even more complicated when Mother invites Mrs. Howard and her sickly son Stirling to stay with the Kittredge's while Mr. Howard finds work.
Kit's family now must pull together more than ever. Her older brother Charlie will not be able to go to college this year, and Kit offers to give up dancing lessons and other frills. And when Mother decides to take in other boarders, the family faces their biggest adjustment of all.
You'll definitely want to read this book to find out more about spunky Kit and her family and friends.
 KIT LEARNS A LESSON: A School Story (Book #2)
(September 2000)
by Valerie Tripp
Pleasant Company
ISBN: 1584850183
Ages 7-up
61 pages
In this second book about Kit, Kit and her family are still adjusting to having boarders in the house. Kit now has lots of chores to do to help her mother so they can keep the house running smoothly. But Kit hopes her father will find a job soon so that things can go back to the way they used to be, with just the Kittredge's in the house.
A visit to a soup kitchen is an eye-opener for Kit, helping her see that there are many people worse off than she is --- the Great Depression has changed things for everyone.
 KIT’S SURPRISE: A Christmas Story (Book #3)
(September 2000)
by Valerie Tripp
Pleasant Company
ISBN: 1584850205
Ages 7-up
67 pages
Christmas is coming and everyone should be happy, right? Well, this year Kit worries that Christmas won't be very merry. First she overhears that her family may lose their home to the bank. Kit wishes she could earn money to help, but now she's stuck taking care of her crabby great uncle Hetrick and his dog, which doesn't seem to be helping anybody. And to top things off, Kit has a fight with her best friend Ruthie. Because Ruthie's father is still working, her family will be celebrating Christmas with all the trimmings, like they always have. But the Kittredge's holiday will be very different. Will Kit find a way to bring some holiday cheer to her family after all?
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIT! by Valerie Tripp
(September 2001)
- KIT SAVES THE DAY by Valerie Tripp
(September 2001)
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