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Marx, Trish

Reaching for the Sun: Kids in Cuba

(4) 4-6 Photographs by Cindy Karp. Nominally told from the point of view of a ten-year-old participant, this is a photo-essay about a California children's-theater group's visit to meet a similar group in Cuba. The details of cross-cultural experiences and of the preparation for a joint production are appealing, but the soft-pedaled, simplistic sermonizing about Cuba distracts readers from gaining much empathy or insight. Color photos, often full-paged, add some life. Ind.

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