In June 1934, Kit Kittredge (Abigail Breslin) is determined to become a reporter, and she writes articles on the typewriter in her attic while drama unfolds beneath her. The mortgage on her house is about to be foreclosed because her father lost his Car dealerships in North America and couldn't keep up with the payments. He has gone to Chicago, Illinois to search for work, and to make some income her mother takes in an odd assortment of Boarding house, including Magic (illusion)ian Mr. Berk, dance instructor Miss Dooley, and Bookmobile driver Miss Bond.