Changes for Kit

This story is basically about Kit vs. her Uncle Hendrick. She has to take care of him once he is injured and stays at their house. He spends his time writing letters to the editor denouncing FDR and his wife.

Meanwhile, Kit visits the soup kitchen again and gives an old coat of hers to one of the children there. She wants to do more and finally her uncle's letter writing gives her an idea. She takes some pictures and writes a letter to go along with them, asking people to help the hoboes and the others at the kitchens, that they are just regular people who are down on their luck and need help. The letter gets printed, donations go up, and the editor of the paper says Kit would make a good reporter some day.

The storyline basically continues the one started in the last book, dealing with the life of the hoboes and how people became hoboes. It's also a story about the power of hope, though, and that might be the main point of both books, that hope can eventually lead to things working out for people.

As the Reverend Jesse Jackson says, "Keep Hope Alive."

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