Kit Saves the Day!: A Summer Story, 1934

by Valerie Tripp

Book Overview

Kit meets a young hobo who shares his exciting life on the road. When Kit decides to pursue some adventures of her own, her curiosity gets her into trouble! This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584850248
• ISBN13: 9781584850243
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: American Girl Publishing Inc
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5

Customer Reviews

A great addition to the Kit collection

In Kit Saves the Day, ten-year-old Kit Kittredge is longing for adventure. She's tired of the monotony of life at home: always having to do chores for the boarders at the boardinghouse her family has set up and never having any real excitement. Kit fantasizes about the lives hoboes live. After all, who wouldn't love to see all of the United States while having adventures hopping freight trains, and camp out at night under the stars, eating stew and sharing songs and stories with others, with no chores or work? Then, Will, a young hobo, comes to stay at the Kittredges, and Kit finds herself with an oppurtunity to have an adventure. But when all is said and done, Kit realizes that her idyllic fantasies about hobo life were far from reality. Kit is one of my favorites out of the American Girls collection, and this book was a great addition to her collection of stories. Kit learns and grows a lot in this story, and the plot of the story is engaging, and will teach readers a lot about the Great Depression. This book is perfect for girls in their pre-teen and early teenage years, especially those who are fans of the American Girls collection.

An Exciting Book

Kit Saves the Day is easily the best book in the Kit series. Kit's Aunt Millie is staying at Kit's house and she has put Kit to work planting and caring for a garden. Kit is doing her chores in the garden one day when a young boy named Will walks into her yard. Aunt Millie sees him and immediatly invites him to join them for supper. Will tells Kit and her friend Stirling about the 'hobo jungle'. When Will leaves, Kit notices that she and Stirling didn't give him any food for his journey! Kit knew that Will would need food, so she and Stirling walk to the hobo jungle. There, they see ragged people with holey clothes and shoes. Kit meets Will's friend Lester. Lester persuades Kit and Stirling to hop a frieght train! The train is stopped because hopping trains is against the law. The police take Kit, Stirling, and Will to jail! Can Kit make it out of jail and save the day? Read this exciting book to find out! You won't be able to put it down!

A Wonderful Book

Kit is sad this summer because her brother Charlie went off to college. One day a hobo named Will came to Kit's house. Will came from Texas. Kit's Mother invites Will to eat dinner with them that night. Will shows Kit and Stirling some hobo signs. Will tells them about the hobo stew. Kit wants to try the hobo stew. He also tells about the hobo jungle. That's where the hobos live. So the next day Kit and Stirling take food to the people who live at the hobo jungle . But while they are there, they learn about jumping rails. They do it and get sent to jail. Kit leans a very valuable lesson. I really liked this story. It shows how much we have to be thankful for. Kit won't be looking for adventure for a little while. This is one of my favorite Kit books ever!

Summer fun for Kit!

Summer arrives and Kit is as bored as ever. She is very ready for an adventure. It seems the chance comes when a hobo named Will that came from Texas comes to their looking for work and a meal. From Will Kit and Stirling learns about the hobo jungle and the fun and hardships to the hobo life. Hobo life seems very interesting to Kit as she learns from Will about jumping rails from town to town, hobo signals, and many more. Kit is even more interested in the so call "hobo stew"! When will leaves without taking any food for the hobo stew Kit and Stirling set out on a adventure to find the hobo jungle. However Kit got way more then she bargained for and has a great adventure that teaches a lesson. I won't tell you what it is. All I can say is that it includes getting arrested and finally leads up to Kit saving the day! A great addition to the American Girls Collection that all ages will enjoy!!!

Hurray for Kit!

This is another in the American Girls Short Stories series about Kit Kittredge, a ten-year-old girl living in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is 1934, and Kit and her family are struggling to make ends meet as the Great Depression deepens. When a young hobo named "Texas" Will Shepherd shows up at the Kittredge house, willing to work for food, Kit learns about the hobo life. It sounds interesting to her, but when she goes to a local hobo jungle, she learns just what a hard life some people are living.Once again, this is a great book, an unvarnished look at a hard time in America's history. I like the lessons that the book teaches, and enjoyed Walter Rane's wonderful illustrations. The final chapter of the book is entitled "America Outdoors in 1934," and talks about the hobo life, entertainment and the CCC. This is a great book that my daughter loved, and yours will too.