The Extraordinary Adventures of Seva Kotlov

Seva Kotlov is an ordinary thirteen-year-old boy: he studies in the fifth grade, loves football, and dreams that one day he won't be called to the blackboard for an entire quarter. He is also a great dreamer and inventor: new genius ideas and bold plans inspire Seva daily — this is usually how all his adventures begin. However, not every idea leads to good results, but... resourceful Kotlov never gets discouraged for more than five minutes in a row and always finds a way out of any situation! How from a 'clueless boy' Seva transforms for one day into an 'adult, independent person'; how he tries to decipher who, with the help of mysterious notes, either helps or disrupts his best plans; how he moves from Moscow to the Far North, where he writes 'fantastic' notes — which astonishingly turn out to be pure truth, meets Vovka Ryzhik and his secret, and somewhat manages to arrange the personal happiness of his older brother — all about the extraordinary adventures of the 'great inventor' Seva Kotlov will be told in three stories included in this book: 'Under a False Name', 'The Secret Signal of the Drummer, or How I Kept a Diary', 'Seva Kotlov Beyond the Arctic Circle'. Funny, curious, and thrilling stories are accompanied by dynamic illustrations by Boris Vinokurov.