TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sis,Peter
TI  - The wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain 
SN  - 9780374347017
AV  - NC975 .W355 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KW  - Sis, Peter,
KW  - Authors, American
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Czech Americans
KW  - Illustrators
KW  - United States
KW  - Grade five
KW  - Grade four
KW  - Grade three
N1  - "Frances Foster books."; Art techniques used: detailed yet playful drawings in pen and ink. Limited use of color to heighten the story; 2
N2  - "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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