The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Author	Peter Sís
Illustrator	Peter Sís
Cover artist	Peter Sís
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Memoir, non-fiction
Publisher	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date	August 21, 2007
Media type	Print
Pages	56
ISBN	0-374-34701-8
OCLC	70839815
Dewey Decimal	943.704092 B 22
LC Class	NC975.5.S57 A2 2007

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain is a children's book written and illustrated by Peter Sís.^[1] It received both the American Library Association's Caldecott Honor and ALA's 2008 Robert Silbert Medal for the most distinguished informational book for young readers. It is a memoir on Sís's life under the Communist rule of Czechoslovakia, the oppression he faces and his dreams of leaving for America.^[2] The book mentions adult topics such as Laika, Prague Spring and Plastic People of the Universe. This book is about a boy who grew up on the Communist side of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.

References[]

^ Sís, Peter (2007). The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. New York: Frances Foster books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0-374-34701-8.
^ Marcus, Leonard S. (11 November 2007). "The Cold War Kid" (review). New York Times.

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[1] Sís, Peter (2007). The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. New York: Frances Foster books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0-374-34701-8.

[2] Marcus, Leonard S. (11 November 2007). "The Cold War Kid" (review). New York Times.

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