Kit Kittredge has a nose for newsbut she never dreamed that the news stories about the hard times of the Depression would become her own story. First Mothers bothersome friends move in with the Kittredges. Then Dad loses his business, and Kits family could lose their house! Things look hopeless, but a clever idea might let her family keep their home. Can Kit help pull it off? The first book in Kits stories is richly illustrated in full color and includes a Looking Back historical section about Kits world in 1934. 128 pages. Paperback. Author: Valerie Tripp.