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Take What You Can Carry (2012)

by Kevin C. Pyle(Favorite Author)

3.13 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0805082867 (ISBN13: 9780805082869)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Square Fish

review 1: This book merges an older man's memories of life in a Japanese internment camp with the exhausting ennui of a bored teenager and his foray into shoplifting. Except for a somewhat clever title, however, the overlap in that venn diagram doesn't cover much -- and it really doesn't make for a very compelling story. Wait, I take that back: The bit about the internment camp is well-told, done as it is with almost no dialogue. The slacker kid is just plain banal (yeah, it's really out of his control whether he throws the wood beam through the window, sure okay). The artwork is good, but it can't make up for the tedious half of this enterprise. Worth reading, but just barely.
review 2: This graphic novel alternates between the parallel stories of two young boys from tw... moreo different time periods. The first is Ken Himitsu’s story whose family was forced into a Japanese relocation camp in Berkley in 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Ken’s story is completely wordless and portrayed in sepia brown tones with a brushed appearance. Kyle’s story is set in a Chicago suburb in 1978. The pages depicting his story are in blue with narrative. The two stories intersect when Kyle tries to impress his friends by shoplifting from Ken Himitsu’s store. Ken offers to not press charges if Kyle will work off his debt at the store. Ken tells Kyle about a time in the relocation camp when he too was caught stealing and how the kindness of a guard gave him a second chance. Both learn how to fill idle time with constructive activities. less

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