The Fifth Sun

This is the debut book by Russian author Elena Bumaгina, with which she entered the shortlist of the Bookscriptor literary award (Young Adult nomination). It’s a mystical novel. The plot is based on the adventures of teenagers at a sports camp. The main heroine is Zoya, she is fifteen. Her parents sent her to the camp without really asking— and now she will have to defend her status. Because everyone here is divided into cliques. She’ll have to stand up to the “camp queen,” Polina, whose word is law—no wonder most girls fear her and try in every way to please her. Meanwhile, an unexpected revelation comes: every five years, mysterious events take place in the camp, and the places themselves have a bad reputation that goes back to the times of Countess Besova… Want to know what happened next? Listen!