The wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain
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9780374347017
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MG
Level 5.2, 1 Points
Level 5.2, 1 Points
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AD: Adult Directed 760L
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| Grouping Title | wall growing up behind the iron curtain |
| Grouping Author | peter sis |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-04-18 05:08:28AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-04-25 05:15:14AM |
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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. Si;s 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.
Annotated illustrations, maps, and dreamscapes explore how the artist-author's life was shaped while growing up in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War, in a powerful graphic memoir.
Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, author and illustrator 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...until adolescence.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Czech Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1945-1992 -- Juvenile literature
Czechoslovakia -- Social conditions -- 1945-1992 -- Juvenile literature
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Sís, Peter, -- 1949-
Sís, Peter, -- 1949- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Czech Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1945-1992 -- Juvenile literature
Czechoslovakia -- Social conditions -- 1945-1992 -- Juvenile literature
Illustrators -- United States
Illustrators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Sís, Peter, -- 1949-
Sís, Peter, -- 1949- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature
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The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain
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The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain / Peter Sís
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The wall
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growing up behind the Iron Curtain
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Czech Americans
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Sís, Peter
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