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The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
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The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain Hardcover - 2007

by Sís, Peter; Sís, Peter [Illustrator]

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In his most personal work to date, award-winning author Peter Ss offers a brilliant graphic memoir, taking readers on an extraordinary journey as he recalls his youth growing up in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s, when his country was on the Communist side of the Iron Curtain.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2007-08-21. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
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  • Title The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
  • Author Sís, Peter; Sís, Peter [Illustrator]
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 56
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), New York
  • Date 2007-08-21
  • Features Annotated, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0374347018
  • ISBN 9780374347017
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
    • Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006049149

From the publisher

"Frances Foster books." Gift of Nancy Johnson

Media reviews

Citations

  • ALA Best Books Young Adults, 01/01/2008, Page 1
  • Booklist, 09/01/2007, Page 117
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2008, Page 13
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 10/01/2007, Page 111
  • Horn Book Magazine, 09/01/2007, Page 599
  • Kirkus Best Books, 05/15/2007, Page 21
  • Kirkus Best Children's Books, 11/15/2007, Page 1
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 07/15/2007, Page 736
  • New York Times Book Review, 11/11/2007, Page 28
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/09/2007, Page 55
  • Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/05/2007, Page 37
  • School Library Journal, 08/01/2007, Page 139
  • Shelf Awareness, 01/01/0001, Page 0
  • SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2007, Page 38
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 12/01/2007, Page 463
  • Voya Top Ten Graphic Nvls/Teen, 04/01/2008, Page 7

About the author

PETER SS, a MacArthur Fellow and internationally renowned artist, received Caldecott Honors for Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei and Tibet Through the Red Box. He has lived in and around New York City since 1984.

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