Timofey: Notebook. Irka: Sketchbook

Timofey has a younger brother, and Irka has an older one. Timofey writes in a notebook, while Irka draws in a sketchbook. They don’t know each other; their stories are different, but both feel equally lonely in a family where someone is loving and close.

Nina Dashevskaya is a laureate of the “Kniguru,” “New Children’s Book” contests and the Krapivin Prize; she is a musician and a teacher. Her stories are loved for their subtlety of feelings, gentle irony, and deep understanding of a teenager’s psychology.