Don't Betray Me

Outsider… Such a creepy word. Like a sentence. Without the right to pardon. And most importantly, the school psychologist doesn’t doubt it: the tests don’t lie. No, Yulia Ozyorenok has never aspired to be the star of the class. She leads her own life, befriends the red-haired Anyuta, takes classes at an art studio, helps her mom with her younger sister, and secretly sighs over Tyoma. She doesn't forget about school, happily participating in common competitions and gatherings. But it turns out, her classmates don't value her at all; worse than that, she has a real enemy… Yulia accepts the challenge and unexpectedly realizes that she, so awkward, without trendy clothes and pretense, is interesting in her own right.
Tamara Mikheeva (born in 1979) is the owner of numerous literary awards in the field of children's literature, laureate of the national prize "The Cherished Dream" and the competition for artistic works for teenagers named after Sergey Mikhalkov. Her stories are light and captivating. She needs only a few precise phrases to create a recognizable image. The little but brave Asya ("Asya's Summer"), the mature first grader Dina ("Light Mountains"), the rebellious Yana ("Yanka"), the somewhat sensitive Seryozha ("Children of Dolphins"), the trusting and open boy nicknamed Kabanchik ("Swimming to the Grotto")… Such different characters are united by one thing - they are all under sixteen. And in each of them, the reader of the same age sees themselves or their friends.