The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781536236248)

"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
ISBN-10: 1536236241
ISBN-13: 9781536236248
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 05/21/2024
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
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