As a kid, I didn’t read this book—bad luck! But when I told my friends what book I was working on, many were happy and remembered how they’d laughed at it in childhood. I wrote it by request of one of our old-timers, but with enormous pleasure! In fact, that “but” wasn’t even necessary to say: I generally get good assignments and good books!
“New Settlers” is the story of one month in the life of second-grader Zhenya Murashka, who moved with his family to a new house, a new apartment. In the new place, he makes friends, and his cheerful, restless character pulls Zhenya into new adventures—sometimes very funny, sometimes quite dangerous…