Bibliograph

The genius under the table, growing up behind the Iron Curtain, Eugene Yelchin

Type

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The genius under the table, growing up behind the Iron Curtain, Eugene Yelchin

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 10 and up

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The genius under the table

Responsibility statement

Eugene Yelchin

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 4.9, 3, 514172

Sub title

growing up behind the Iron Curtain

Summary

"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."--, Adapted from book jacket

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Growing up behind the Iron Curtain

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