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The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain / Peter Sis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (c)2007.Description: unpaged : illustrations, maps ; 32 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780374347017
Other title:
  • Growing up behind the Iron Curtain
  • The Wall
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NC975 .W355 2007
  • NC975
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
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Awards:
  • Caldecott Honor Book, 2008.
  • Children's Award winner
  • Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2008
  • Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2008.
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2008.
Subject: "I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side-the Communist side-of the Iron Curtain." Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news from the West slowly filtered into the country. Sis learned about beat poetry, rock 'n' roll, blue jeans, and Coca-Cola. He let his hair grow long, secretly read banned books, and joined a rock band. Then came the Prague Spring of 1968, and for a teenager who wanted to see the world and meet the Beatles, this was a magical time. It was short-lived, however, brought to a sudden and brutal end by the Soviet-led invasion. But this brief flowering had provided a glimpse of new possibilities-creativity could be discouraged but not easily killed. By joining memory and history, Sis takes us on his extraordinary journey: from infant with paintbrush in hand to young man borne aloft by the wings of his art.--Publisher information.
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Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) G. Allen Fleece Library JUVENILE-CALDECOTT Fiction NC975.5.S57.W35 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001794839

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Art techniques used: detailed yet playful drawings in pen and ink. Limited use of color to heighten the story.

"I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side-the Communist side-of the Iron Curtain." Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news from the West slowly filtered into the country. Sis learned about beat poetry, rock 'n' roll, blue jeans, and Coca-Cola. He let his hair grow long, secretly read banned books, and joined a rock band. Then came the Prague Spring of 1968, and for a teenager who wanted to see the world and meet the Beatles, this was a magical time. It was short-lived, however, brought to a sudden and brutal end by the Soviet-led invasion. But this brief flowering had provided a glimpse of new possibilities-creativity could be discouraged but not easily killed. By joining memory and history, Sis takes us on his extraordinary journey: from infant with paintbrush in hand to young man borne aloft by the wings of his art.--Publisher information.

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

Caldecott Honor Book, 2008.

Children's Award winner

Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2008

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2008.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2008.

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