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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Sís, Peter, 1949-     Subjects     Sís, Peter, 1949- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.     Sís, Peter, 1949- -- Juvenile literature.     Illustrators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Czech Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Czechoslovakia -- Social conditions -- 1945-1992 -- Juvenile literature.     Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1945-1992 -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sís, Peter, 1949-       by title:      The wall : growing u...       by call number:      943.704092 S622w     Search the Web     Sís, Peter, 1949-     Sís, Peter, 1949- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.     Sís, Peter, 1949- -- Juvenile literature.     Illustrators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Czech Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Czechoslovakia -- Social conditions -- 1945-1992 -- Juvenile literature.     Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1945-1992 -- Juvenile literature.       MARC Display

The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain / Peter Sís. by Sís, Peter, 1949- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2007. Call #: 943.704092 S622w Subjects Sís, Peter, 1949- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.   Sís, Peter, 1949- -- Juvenile literature.   Illustrators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Czech Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Czechoslovakia -- Social conditions -- 1945-1992 -- Juvenile literature.   Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1945-1992 -- Juvenile literature. URL856 Contributor biographical information URL856 Publisher description URL856 Sample text ISBN:  9780374347017 (hc.) 0374347018 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., maps ; 32 cm. Notes:  "Frances Foster books." Summary:  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. Sís 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. Genre:  Autobiographies, Juvenile. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Children's Nonfiction 943.704092 S622w Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Children's Nonfiction 943.704092 S622w Childrens Books Not Available Add Copy to MyList

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