Kit Kittredge (Abigail Breslin), a girl growing up in Depression-era Cincinnati, has a nose for news and a knack for picking up strays. When a crime spree hits the Ohio city, all evidence points to the local hobo community, particularly Kit's friend Will. She recruits her friends Ruthie and Stirling to sniff out the real thief, but the children uncover a plot that reaches far beyond Cincinnati.
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"Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" will please girls who appreciate determined young heroines and lessons in U.S. social and economic history.
In other words, really cool girls.
Derived from the American Girl line of books and dolls, "Kit Kittredge" stars Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") as a Depression-era Cincinnati kid who discovers that a positive mind-set can keep people from ever feeling truly down and out.
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