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In 1932, Kit faces a very different Christmas because of her family's financial problems and allows her pride to estrange her from her best friend.Tags
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It's just before Christmas when Kit overhears the terrible news that her family may lose their house. Kit wants to earn money to help out, but she gets stuck taking care of cranky Uncle Hendrick and his nasty dog Inky instead. Kit and her best friend have had a fight, so she has no one to turn to. Can she still find a way to make the holidays bright?
For nine-year-old Kit Kittredge, Christmas has become a difficult time of year. Her father lost his job because of the Depression, and her family may be evicted from their house. To help her parents, she has to spend every afternoon with her grumpy Uncle Hendrick and his even grumpier dog. Worst of all, Kit and her best friend, Ruthie, are no longer speaking to each other after a fight caused by Kit's pride.
"Kit's Surprise" is a very sweet and uplifting story about family and friends coming together at Christmastime. Valerie Tripp's writing is wonderful, as usual. I'd recommend this book for girls ages 8-12.
"Kit's Surprise" is a very sweet and uplifting story about family and friends coming together at Christmastime. Valerie Tripp's writing is wonderful, as usual. I'd recommend this book for girls ages 8-12.
kit overhears terrible news just b4 christmas-her family may lose their house.Even with the rent from the boarders, the kittrediges don't have enough money to pay the bank.than kits pride causesher to have fightwith her est friend Ruthie. on top of that kit has to spend all her free time caring for her grouchey uncle Henderick. and his cranky mean dog inky. Kit wibders how much worse this christmas can get! But when kit finds hope in an unexpeted place, she plans a surprise that fills christmas with light and love.
love this book so cute
In 1932, Kit faces a very different Christmas because of her family's financial problems and allows her pride to estrange her from her best friend.
Summary: Kit faces a very difficult Christmas because of her family's financial problems and allows her pride to estrange her from her best friend.
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Valerie Tripp graduated with honors from the first coeducational class at Yale University in 1973. She received a Masters of Education from Harvard University in 1981. From 1974 to 1980, she was a writer for the Addison-Wesley Reading Program. She then became a freelance writer for The Hampton-Brown Company and ELHI Publishers Services creating show more educational materials for major publishers. In 1983, Tripp and Pleasant Rowland decided to write a series of books about girls growing up all over the country during some of the most historical events of the past. Rowland envisioned the books as one of the cornerstones of a new company she had just founded called the Pleasant Co. Tripp's first assignment for Pleasant Co. was writing four of the six books about Samantha, a girl in turn-of-the-century America. Tripp then wrote about Felicity, Molly, and Josephina for the American Girls series. Her other works include the Hopscotch Hill School series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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American Girl (Kit 3)
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- Kit's Surprise: A Christmas Story, 1934
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- Kit Kittredge; Ruthie Smithens; Stirling Howard
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- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Ohio, USA; USA
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- Great Depression; Christmas
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