Dinka Says Goodbye to Childhood

In this book, readers meet the grown-up heroes of Valentina Oseeva's story "Dinka".

Dinka is already fifteen. Exams have been taken, and the summer vacation is ahead — seemingly the most carefree time. But even to the peaceful village where the Arsenyev family lives, echoes of World War I reach, and there is a sense of pre-revolutionary tension. Dispossessed soldiers' widows, Dinka's friend Fedorka, who is being forced into marriage, little orphan Yoska — Dinka sees how hard the fate of these people is and does not want to reconcile with injustice. With all her passion, she rushes to help, showing creativity and courage.

And she will also have to make a difficult, very difficult choice about to whom to give her heart…

As in the first book, the images of the characters were created by illustrator Yulia Kazarnitskaya.