| The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain | |
| Author: | Peter Sís |
| Illustrator: | Peter Sís |
| Cover Artist: | Peter Sís |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Memoir, non-fiction |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Release Date: | August 21, 2007 |
| Media Type: | |
| Pages: | 56 |
| Isbn: | 0-374-34701-8 |
| Dewey: | 943.704092 B 22 |
| Congress: | NC975.5.S57 A2 2007 |
| Oclc: | 70839815 |
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.