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Thanks for the recommendation, Kerry. I've added The Wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain to my list of books to look for next week when I plan on visiting a really great bookstore that specializes in graphic novels and illustrated works.

... are small and rather subdued with sepia tones. He is an imaginative illustrator and I'd recommend his autobiographical The Wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain if you want to explore his work. I've seen the Griffin and Sabine books, not sure if I've read one of them. I'll have to get ...

... 8bf55bc41f515934433055414141414c3441.jpg"> 224) The Paper House by Carlos Maria Dominguez (2004) with illustrations by Peter Sis fiction, Argentina This book was mentioned by Susan Hill in her Howards End is on the landing. First the book itself is delightfully small, compact and has ...

41. The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís 42. The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall 43. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith This book has my favorite opening line that I've read this year: "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink." 44. Letter ...

... American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang* 14. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll 15. The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis 16. Bazaar Style: Decorating With Market and Vintage Finds by Selina Lake 17. Everything is Illuminated ...

... home situations. I was very satisfied with the book's ending. I think that this may be Adoff's best book yet. 22. The Wall: Growing up behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis - An award-winning picture book that details the author's experience of growing up in Communist Czechoslovakia ...

15/50 The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis I was told that this was a graphic novel. It's not, it's actually a children's book. I can see how someone would make that mistake since Peter Sis has sort of a comic book style, but it's not nearly long enough to be a ...

... an illustrator. I guess that I am not remembering right. I remember loving all of her books when my kids were young. The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain looks like a book I would like to read. I will put in on my wishlist. --BJ

... width="140" height="184" alt="0374347018.01._SX140_SCLZZZZZZZ_" /> I also have a stunning sophisticated picturebook - The Wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis to read. I'm mentioning it here as it seems to fit the theme of my current reading.

5. The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis (GN, YA, Cold War, Czechoslovakia) Library The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain Peter Sis Frances Foster Books 2007 2008 Top Ten Graphic Novels for Teens. The Wall is the autobiographical story of the author's life in Cz ...

I just picked up from the library: The Arrival by Shaun Tan, The Wall Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis, and The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam by Ann Marie Fleming.

... I bought online for $1. I'll be reading it for one of my categories in the LT 999 Challenge that I've signed up for. Also The Wall Growing up behind the Iron curtain by Peter Sis, an autobiography about growing up in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War in the form of a sophisticated picturebook. ...

132. The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis - a memoir in pictures. 133. The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst - odd plot, but I liked it 134. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris - my first Sedaris, but I don't think my last 135. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterf ...

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis

This one falls short of the word minimum to qualify for the challenge, but it's interesting and a bit odd: The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain -- looks like a big picture book, but really a juvenile history book, telling the story of an artist growning up in Communist Czechoslovakia... I ...

... cally Mystery The Big Over Easy Two for the Dough Award Winners The Invention of Hugo Cabret Children's The Wall: Growing up Behind the Iron Curtain

... cally Mystery The Big Over Easy Two for the Dough Award Winners The Invention of Hugo Cabret Children's The Wall: Growing up Behind the Iron Curtain

The February selection for my graphic novel reading group. The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís 56 pages / 2007 / 4 stars / Graphic Novel The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain is Peter Sís' autobiographical story of growing up in Czechoslovakia during ...

I read two more of the new ALA Award winners yesterday Caldecott Honor Henry's Freedom Box and The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain which is also a Caldecott Honor book as well as being a Sibert Award winner yesterday. I liked Henry's Freedom Box which is a true account of a run away ...