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The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

By:
Peter Sis
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Nonfiction
Growing up in Soviet-controlled Czechoslovakia, Sis craved Western pop culture, subverted authority in small ways, and maintained a strong fear of the secret police. This title won the Sibert medal for distinctive non-fiction for children.

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