Take What You Can Carry

by Pyle, Kevin C.; Pyle, Kevin C.

• ISBN13: 9780805082869
• ISBN10: 0805082867
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-13
• Publisher: Square Fish

Summary

In 1977 suburban Chicago, Kyle runs wild with his friends and learns to shoplift from the local convenience store. In 1941 Berkeley, the Himitsu family is forced to leave their home for a Japanese-American internment camp, and their teenage son must decide how to deal with his new life. But though these boys are growing up in wildly different places and times, their lives intersect in more ways than one, as they discover compassion, learn loyalty, and find renewal in the most surprising of places. Kevin C. Pyle's evocative images bring to life a story of unlikely ties across space and generations.

Author Biography

Kevin C. Pyle is the author and illustrator of Blindspot and Katman, and his work has appeared in the Village Voice, The New York Times, and The New Yorker.  He lives in New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Praise for Blindspot:

“With this graphic novel, Kevin Pyle has eloquently mapped out the line between youth and adulthood. He captures pivotal moments of transformation through pitch-perfect dialogue and surprising graphic inventions. Blindspot is everything that is great and unique about this art form.” —Peter Kuper, author/artist of Sticks and Stones
 
“This perfectly captures a shining moment of boyhood . . .” —Booklist
 
“Pyle uses the graphic novel format to powerful effect. . . . This is a very smart and humane graphic novel that. . .resonates with a broad emotional range.” —Publishers Weekly
 
Praise for Katman:

“The actions of these characters will make thoughtful readers reexamine their ideas about friendship, loyalty, and heroism.” —School Library Journal
 
“Inventive . . . an entertaining humanist parable.” —Booklist