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A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER "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 Sís 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.
By joining memory and history, Sís takes us on his extraordinary journey: from infant with paintbrush in hand to young man borne aloft by the wings of his art. The Wall is a 2007 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year, a 2008 Caldecott Honor Book, a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year, the winner of the 2008 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Nonfiction, and a nominee for the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids.
Winner of the 2008 Robert F. Sibert Award
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Cynthia Hillman
reviewed The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain on August 11, 2019
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Life was tough in Czech during the cold war. It sounds like a very horrible way to live. They did have an opening up in Czech during 1968 and Western culture was let into the country and it changed the country forever. There were even able to travel into the west. The youth there embraced and yearned for the Western ideas. I learned an awful lot from this book.
Peter Sis basically gives us a biography of growing up behind the wall. That brainwashing during childhood sounds terrible, but it's also obvious from the story that it didn't last either. People longed for color and that feeling of being alive. Western music lifted their spirits. Things were so bleak there. The artwork is rather bleak being all black and white, but he does throw in some color to express those feelings of freedom. It's very well done. I enjoyed the book.
The niece and nephew didn't know what to make of this book. They couldn't believe stuff like this could happen. Children telling on their parents and everyone being watched. They didn't like how this felt. They thought it was a weird story. The nephew gave it 2 stars and the niece gave it 3 stars.
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