A Thief in the Theater: A Kit Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) [Hardcover]

Sarah Masters Buckey (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: American Girl Mysteries

Kit Kittredge spends a week of her summer vacation volunteering at the local theater--she wants to write a newspaper article about a play that's opening soon. It even stars famous actors from New York City! But behind the scenes, Kit and her friend Stirling discover more drama than they bargained for.
Set in Cincinnati in 1935.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: American Girl (March 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593692951
• ISBN-13: 978-1593692957
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,419,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good reading for young mystery fans, March 19, 2009

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Lena (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Thief in the Theater: A Kit Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) (Paperback)

"Thief in the theater" is a book from "American Girl" series, about Kit Kittredge, young girl growing up during years of Great Depression. This time, Kit solves the mystery, while volunteering at the small town theatre that is going to play "Macbeth". The book is fun to read and is a "page turner" for young readers, and at the same time it describes this difficult historical period without being overly didactic.

The illustrations reminded me of the illustrated books from my own childhood; they are beautiful and truly representative of the era.
I also liked the historical reference pages about the theater at the end of the book. It is another starting point for curious minds to follow up.

I think, this is a wonderful book for girls of any age. My daughter finished the book in one sitting and immediately went to buy more books from these series. We ended up buying children's version of "Macbeth", as well, as per my daughter's request. (Not bad for a side benefit!)

Overall, I would recommend this book to any kid 8-11 years old that likes mystery or history books, even though it has a little bit more "girl's appeal".

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great to read about Kit again!, February 22, 2008

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M. Vitek "MagTag" (Hilton Head Island, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Thief in the Theater: A Kit Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) (Paperback)

Another outstanding book by one of the best writers of the History Mystery Books published by American Girl about 10-12 years ago. Great to read further adventures about Kit Kittredge, the AG who grew up during the great depression. Also always enjoy a good mystery. Is being read now by my 35 yr old dghtr, who will then read it to my 5 yr old gr dgtr --this book appeals to 3 generations! Wish MY parents were alive to have read it...

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars TERRIBLE!!!!!, May 23, 2010

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Yvette M. Castro - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Thief in the Theater: A Kit Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) (Paperback)

this book was not descriptive at all!!!Its gets really boring, its really hard to ge into,it also has some very difficult words in it.I would not reccomend this book its a waste of your money.DONT BUY IT!!!!!