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Kit's Home Run (American Girls Short Stories)

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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 wishes that she could go see a Cincinnati Reds game like she and her father used to before the Depression began. When she's hurt during a neighborhood game, Kit finds a way to help someone else!

I am a fan of the Kit books, but must admit to feeling somewhat disappointed by this one. A part of what I like best about them is the life lessons that they teach, but this one is a little thin on the lesson part. But, that said, my daughter loved the book, and we both liked the illustrations. The final chapter was a look at baseball in 1934, and a project for personalizing a baseball cap, which my daughter is already planning out right now. So, overall I would say that this is a very good Kit book, but certainly not one of the best.

History, a great story and an authentic historical craft! Not only that, but just the right size for girl-sized hands. A+++++++ Cannot be beat!

This is another of the American Girls Short Stories. This one is about Kit and is set in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the year 1933. For ten-year-old Kit Kittredge and her friends, playing baseball during the summer break from school is a way to escape from the problems caused by the Great Depression. But Mrs. Howard, a boarder at the Kittredge home and the mother of Kit's friend, Stirling, doesn't approve of baseball and never seems to do anything useful. However, when Kit gets hurt playing baseball, she learns that Mrs. Howard is a good person with something to contribute.

This was an okay book but not the best of the American Girls Short Stories. The other Kit story, Kit's Tree House, was a lot better. I'd recommend this to readers who want to read all of Kit's stories, but they may be a bit disappointed.