A 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 hanging around her. From a seaside vacation, Oleg brings back a round warm stone of... chocolate color as a memento. At home it unexpectedly turns out that this is an alien from a distant planet who can talk. The main character realizes that he has found the most unusual friend in the world. «A 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, one day at the water's edge she found a stone that looked like 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 was filled with details. That stone has long been lost, but the book remains.»