While her American Girl counterparts Samantha, Felicity, and Molly got made-for-TV movie treatments over the past few years, Kit has now trumped them all: She's the first of the beloved doll company's characters to get her own feature film. The Oscar-nominated Abigail Breslin leads the way as the Depression-era upstart who catches bad guys red-handed and saves her clan's home from foreclosure. ''The message is anybody can help their family,'' says Breslin, ''and you can be okay in good times and bad times.'' (July 2)

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