The First Stop On Abigail Breslin’s Journey From Oscar Nominee To Trivia Answer

Of course you’re excused for thinking this sounds like the worst kind of hell:

Hundreds of giggly girls skipped school yesterday to stand in a line that snaked around six Midtown blocks — all for a shot at stardom in an “American Girl” movie.

The film will feature pint-sized Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin of “Little Miss Sunshine” — but she needs sidekicks.

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Genevieve Maiorana, a part- time city elementary teacher, said her 10-year-old sister’s Westchester school knew her sibling wouldn’t be showing up for classes yesterday.

“They’re all right with it,” said Maiorana of The Bronx. “This is what it’s all about. [These girls are] following their dreams.”

Producers have already held open calls in Los Angeles and Chicago for the flick, “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery.” They’re looking to cast four supporting roles.

Kimberley McCabe, 9, of Englishtown, N.J., was one of many girls looking forward to being seen by a casting director yesterday.

“I enjoy acting a lot. I look at TV and I say to myself, ‘That could be me one day,’ ” the third-grader said. “I’m like half tomboy, half girly-girl. She [Kit] is, too.”

Producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas addressed several groups of girls outside the American Girl Place, where auditions were held.

“We are casting four girls to be Kit’s friends. One of them is very wealthy; her father owns a bank. The other one, like Kit, loses her home. And the other one lives in the hobo village,” Goldsmith-Thomas explained.

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At its longest, the line stretched from the American Girl Place shop, located on 49th Street near Fifth Avenue, down to Madison Avenue, around to 48th Street, across Fifth Avenue and extending onto part of 50th Street.