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Gr 10 Up—Yelchin wrote about his early life of growing up in Cold War Russia in his previous children's book, The Genius Under the Table, with a mix of prose and illustration. This follow-up is a graphic memoir about his life in his 20s, still behind the Iron Curtain, still an artist, and now much more aware of the KGB's stranglehold on citizens. His choice to stay close his mother and grandmother and exhibit his art underground leads to a chance encounter with Libby, an American woman, interested ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More