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Loading... Take What You Can Carry (edition 2012)by Kevin C. Pyle (Author), Kevin C. Pyle (Illustrator)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I really liked the sepia-toned pictures of the WWI era story and the contrast with the blue tones of the suburban world of the kids. The story does lend itself to a profound discussion of how easy it is to make someone even slightly different into an "other." The Japanese-American store owner is interned as a boy, then made the prey of some teens looking for excitement. I thought the transformation of the boy who stole from him was effective -- not too much, but just enough. This book tells two stories in alternating chunks: one involving a Japanese boy whose family is moved to an internment camp at the outbreak of World War II; the other one involving a teenaged boy who moves to the suburbs in the 1970s and becomes a daredevil and shoplifter. I was a little confused for most of the book as to how (or whether) the two stories were going to intertwine. But they eventually did, although not quite how I would have expected. It's visually very interesting; as on the cover, the two stories are told in two different colors, and with slightly different art styles. The internment camp story is also told entirely through images, which added an interesting element to the story, although it meant that I couldn't always tell what was going on in some panels. Overall, a quick and interesting read that's a bit of a departure from my normal graphic novel fare. 4 out of 5 stars. no reviews | add a review
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Although two boys grow up in vastly different times and locations, their lives intersect in more ways than one as they discover compassion, develop loyalty, and find renewal in the most surprising of places. No library descriptions found. |
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Although I appreciated the stories of both characters, I felt a little like the historical aspect was cheapened by the contemporary story. ( )