Around Music and Other Stories

Nina Dashevskaya knows exactly what each of her teenage heroes feels. The same as we all experienced. That's why it's so easy to recognize ourselves in her stories, no matter how different we are. And to understand how astonishing the people around us can be. How could it happen that a boy, considered a coward by everyone around, saves the city from flooding? Why is it that the one who has music inside him cannot play it better than everyone else—and why is it so important not to be the most talented? Or why don’t we think about how interesting our seemingly unremarkable classmate can be—if only we get to know him better?
«KompasGid. The Best» is a series of reissues of our best texts. It opens with a collection of stories by Nina Dashevskaya—winner of the IBBY Honorary Diploma (International Board on Books for Young People) 2021, nominee for the most prestigious award in children's literature—the Astrid Lindgren Prize.