Kit Kitteredge is a clever and resourceful girl living during the Great Deppression in 1934. Her father has lost his job and her family is having a hard time paying the bills. But Kit has come up with her own home news-paper, The Hard Times Gazette. In July 2008, Kit will be the 4th American Girl to have her own movie, and will be the first to show it in theaters. To read more about Kit and her interesting adventures read, Meet Kit.