The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

"Yelchin delivers a darkly humorous slice-of-life account of growing up in the Soviet Union. . . ....
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Author: Eugene Yelchin
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Language: English
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The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Yelchin, Eugene

The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

BD$13.51

The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

BD$13.51
Author: Eugene Yelchin
Format: Paperback
Language: English
"Yelchin delivers a darkly humorous slice-of-life account of growing up in the Soviet Union. . . . Humorous, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Drama, family secrets, and a KGB spy in his own kitchen! How will Yevgeny ever fulfill his parents' dream that he become a national hero when he doesn't even have his own room? He's not a star athlete or a legendary ballet dancer. In the tiny apartment he shares with his Baryshnikov-obsessed mother, poetry-loving father, continually outraged grandmother, and safely talented brother, all Yevgeny has is his little pencil, the underside of a massive table, and the doodles that could change everything. With equal amounts charm and solemnity, award-winning author and artist Eugene Yelchin recounts in hilarious detail his childhood in Cold War Russia as a young boy desperate to understand his place in his family.

Author: Eugene Yelchin
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 05/21/2024
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781536236248
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 514172 / Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

About the Author
Eugene Yelchin is the co-author and illustrator of the 2018 National Book Award Finalist The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge, co-written with M. T. Anderson. A Tomie dePaola Illustrator Award Winner, he also received a Newbery Honor for his novel Breaking Stalin's Nose. Born in Leningrad, Russian-American Eugene Yelchin now lives in Topanga, California, with his family.

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