Once, the books of Lidia Alekseevna Charskaya could compete in popularity with editions of the Silver Age poets. The novella “Siberian Girl” is an astonishing story of Princess Alexandra Gordovaya, separated from her beloved father by the will of fate and raised in the remote wilderness of the taiga. The girl will have to go through many trials, overcome hardships and dangers, and gain loyal friends before she can finally find her father. Courage, nobility, zest for life—these are the qualities of the young heroine of Lidia Charskaya that won over more than one generation of young readers. And an exciting plot right up to the very end won’t let you put the book down!