A Gift from the Past

5 hrs. 3 min.

Children's Books, Audio Fairy Tales & Poems

Language Russian

Author Ekaterina Karetnikova

Narrator Georgy Arsenyev

Description

Yelisey sets out on a difficult journey through time: an old family photo album helps him touch the story of his family, uncover long-held secrets, and learn who the true heroes of the war were. Ekaterina Karetnikova’s novel reminds teenagers of the value of memory, of loved ones, and of sincere feelings.

Ekaterina Karetnikova is a laureate of literary awards and the author of many books for children and teenagers, working across a wide range of genres—from girls’ novels to detective stories. In the novella “A Gift from the Past,” she addresses the theme of the Great Patriotic War.

Elisei Kolesnikov, whom friends call the Fox, leads an ordinary life of a modern schoolboy: he studies, plays the guitar, and chats with classmates. Everything changes when he stumbles upon his grandfather’s album with coins. The find becomes the key to hidden family pages and makes the Fox see how deeply intertwined the present and the past are—family ties and first love, heroism and betrayal.

For middle-school age.