Valerie TrippReseñas

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"Meet Kit," tells the story of young Kit Kitteredge, an aspiring journalist and her life during the Great Depression. As her father loses his job at the car dealership, Kit's family has to change their lifestyle to lower their expenses. At first, Kit is not happy to make these big changes, such as letting people rent rooms in their home. As the story moves along, she realizes the importance of being thankful for the things you have. This story is a great introduction to the financial hardships that people faced during the Great Depression. This historical fiction story explores the theme of perseverance through difficult times.

Orphans -Fiction, Friendship - Fiction, Household employees - Fiction.

I suppose that's a project I can pursue: reading all the Best Friend books ([b:Good Luck, Ivy|976423|Good Luck, Ivy (American Girls Julie)|Lisa Yee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348021531l/976423._SX50_.jpg|961319] is my #1 of course, but that's because I still maintain Ivy should've been the 1970s MC, especially given AG decided she'd be the one to get a tv movie but that's my wishful 4th gen self wanting a historical character like me)

It's been a LONG time since I've read the Kit books- I think I might've actually read them at publication despite being too old for them, so I dimly remembered the Christmas issue where Kit and her mother were too proud (understandably so) to accept charity from Ruthie and her mother for Christmas activities. Still, hijinks ensue and it's a good thing Charlie accompanied Ruthie on her journey to save the Kittredges from eviction by going to a strange place to talk to a relative because otherwise my credulity would be a lil bit stretched...!

I know I said [b:Meet Claudie: An American Girl; 1922|61768449|Meet Claudie An American Girl; 1922 (American Girl Historical Characters)|Brit Bennett|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1664900506l/61768449._SX50_.jpg|97391698] felt short while this is 75 pages... but I think it's because Claudie is in the era of doing two longer books instead of 6 short ones, so the length feels shorter because there aren't more books giving us more story/character development. Also, it was ENTIRELY coincidental to pick up the two books (20s and 30s, even) that discuss potential eviction and solutions to avoid kicking out all the boarders.