Everything is mixed up in the seventh “A”: war and love, explosions and catastrophes, battles and… again love. That’s just how it is at this age—jumping from childhood into youth. A trip to the movies with a girl is like obtaining the Golden Fleece. A brawl on an empty lot for no reason isn’t any less than any of the world wars, and roses on the doorstep can completely change the world—if only for a few minutes. But the grown-ups around them don’t understand any of this. And there are so few words to explain it. Because, like… look… ну, коротше…
Many of the stories from this book were included in the collection “As if Shakespeare Never Dreamed,” which in 2012 became one of the winners of the all-Russian contest for the best literary works for children and youth “KnigoRU.”