Friend from a Distant Planet

Fifth grader Oleg Komarov has an older sister and loving parents, but he has no friend. He likes his classmate Natasha, but Gleb is always hovering around her. From his vacation at the sea, Oleg brings back a round warm stone of chocolate color as a keepsake. At home, it unexpectedly turns out to be an alien from a distant planet, who can talk. The main character realizes: he has found the most unusual friend in the world. «Friend from a Distant Planet» is a story about the power of dreams, responsibility, loneliness, friendship, and first love. The narrative astonishingly combines magic and real school life. This story was gifted to Tamara Mikheeva by the sea itself. According to the writer, once at the edge of the wave she found a stone that resembled a flattened chocolate egg.

«I carried it in my pocket for a long time, and the story about Oleg and his friend from another planet grew in detail. That stone has long been lost, but the book remains.»