Vladislav Krapivin is a well-known writer, author of wonderful books like “Kashka, the Squire,” “The Boy with a Rapier,” “The Musketeer and the Fairy,” “The Guards of the Lopukhin Islands,” “The Wheel of Pereplyokin,” and many others.
In this novella, the story is about twelve-year-old schoolgirl Zhenya Mezentseva, her friends and relatives, her adventures and school life — about how “adult life,” with its serious problems, sometimes intrudes into childhood.