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Garay, Luis

The Kite

32 pp. | Tundra | June, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-88776-503-3 $$14.95
(4) K-3 Young Francisco must sell newspapers to support his family: his recently widowed mother is pregnant. There's not much story here--the reader never doubts that Francisco will eventually own the kite he covets, which the vendor simply gives to him for being a good kid. The book's value is its cinéma vérité quality: Garay faithfully records in word and luminous image a loving Latino community.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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