Aspiring reporter Kit Kittredge
can't resist bringing home strays,
whether it's Grace, an abandoned
basset hound, or Will and Countee, a
pair of young hobos willing to trade
work for meals. Bright, inquisitive
and generous, Kit is a natural born
leader. But her happy childhood is
abruptly interrupted when her father
loses his car dealership and must
leave Cincinnati to look for work.
Kit and her mother Margaret are left
to manage on their own, growing
vegetables, selling eggs and even
taking in an assortment of boarders
including an itinerant magician, a
vivacious dance instructor on the
prowl for a husband and a zany
mobile librarian. When a crime spree
sweeps Cincinnati, all signs point
to the local hobo jungle, where Will
and Countee live with a group of
their impoverished companions. Kit,
who always has her antennae out for
a good news story, convinces her new
friends to take her to see the hobo
camp for herself and writes an
article that creates a sympathetic
portrait of the camp's residents.
But when Kit's mother and their
boarders become the latest victims
in a string of robberies, Kit's
loyalties are tested. Will is
accused of the crimes and, with all
of their savings gone, the
Kittredge's face losing their house
to foreclosure. Determined to
recover the stolen money and
believing Will is innocent, Kit
recruits her friends Ruthie and
Stirling to help her track down the
real culprit. Together they uncover
a plot that goes far beyond
Cincinnati!
Released
October 28, 2008 |
