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

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

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

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

$16.99
$16.99

by Eugene Yelchin (Author), Eugene Yelchin (Illustrator)

An Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Honor Winner

With a masterful mix of comic timing and disarming poignancy, Newbery Honoree Eugene Yelchin offers a memoir of growing up in Cold War Russia.

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 Biography

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.

Number of Pages: 208
Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.9 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: October 12, 2021
Award: Golden Kite (2022)
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 3

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