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Tripp, Valerie

Kit's Surprise: A Christmas Story

73 pp. | Pleasant | September, 2000 | Trade ISBN 1-58485-021-3 $$12.95 | Paper ISBN 1-58485-020-5 $$5.95
(4) 1-3 American Girls Collection series. Illustrated by Walter Rane & Susan McAliley. It's 1932 and Kit's father has been forced to close his car dealership. In these formulaic but readable stories, Kit learns to adapt to her family's new economic status. In the historical sections at the end of each book, the Depression does take on more authentic dimensions, but Kit's problems never seem real. The idealized paintings add to the glossy surface look at the era.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

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