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Take What You Can Carry
written and illustrated by Kevin C. Pyle
Ages: 12+
Published: 2012
Publisher: Henry Holt/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0-8050-8286-9
Keywords: Internment, Graphic format, Japanese Americans
Two distinct stories--one about Japanese American internment, the other about a daredevil teenager--intertwine to comment on the consequences of theft and compassion. Copious cartoon and sepia illustrations.