Kit Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls Collection Series: Kit #5) Book

Kit is ready for an adventure after a summer full of chores. When a young hobo named Will offers to help out in the garden in exchange for a meal, he tells Kit about life on the road. Kit then decides to pursue some exciting adventures of her own. But when Kit's curiosity gets her — and her friends — into trouble, will she be able to save them all?

Children's Literature

Bored by all the summer chores she and her family undertake during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Kit Kittredge longs for adventure like her brother Charlie, who is working for the Civilian Conservation Corps in Glacier National Park, Montana. Kit and her friend, Stirling, befriend a young hobo named Will who helps the family with their gardening in return for meals and a place to sleep. When Will leaves the next day without a food basket, Kit and Stirling volunteer to take it to him, only to find themselves caught up in a dangerous adventure hopping a train. Discovered by the authorities and detained, Kit has to devise a plan to help herself and her friends. Fifth in the series about Kit's growing up in the Great Depression from the "American Girls Collection," the book contains a short factual lesson about the everyday life of Americans during the 1930s and would be useful in bringing to life that difficult time for today's readers. 2001, Pleasant Company, $12.95 and $5.95. Ages 7 up. Reviewer: Valerie O. Patterson