The Wall (children's book)
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Author | Peter Sís |
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Illustrator | Peter Sís |
Cover artist | Peter Sís |
Language | English |
Genre | Memoir, non-fiction |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | August 21, 2007 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | |
Pages | 56 |
ISBN | 0-374-34701-8 |
OCLC | 70839815 |
943.704092 B 22 | |
LC Class | NC975.5.S57 A2 2007 |
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain is a children's book written and illustrated by Peter Sís.[1] It received both the American Library Association's Caldecott Honor and ALA's 2008 Robert Silbert Medal for the most distinguished informational book for young readers. It is a memoir on Sís's life under the Communist rule of Czechoslovakia, the oppression he faces and his dreams of leaving for America.[2] The book mentions adult topics such as Laika, Prague Spring and Plastic People of the Universe. This book is about a boy who grew up on the Communist side of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.
References
[edit]- ^ Sís, Peter (2007). The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. New York: Frances Foster books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-34701-7.
- ^ Marcus, Leonard S. (11 November 2007). "The Cold War Kid" (review). New York Times.