A fifth-grader Anton lives with his mother in an old Leningrad communal apartment and passionately dreams of a dog. One day he receives a wonderful red setter as a gift. But due to circumstances, the boy cannot bring the dog...
home. Anton is ready to sacrifice everything to provide his pet with shelter and food, but it would be very hard for him to cope with this if mysterious friends had not unexpectedly come to his aid… This book is about a sense of duty and responsibility, about friendship and mutual assistance, about how human destinies sometimes unfold in peculiar ways, about nobility and self-sacrifice, about kindness and love. Read it with the whole family! For children of middle school age.
A fifth-grader Anton lives with his mother in an old Leningrad communal apartment and passionately dreams of a dog. One day he receives a wonderful red setter as a gift. But due to circumstances, the boy cannot bring the dog home. Anton is ready to sacrifice everything to provide his pet with shelter and food, but it would be very hard for him to cope with this if mysterious friends had not unexpectedly come to his aid… This book is about a sense of duty and responsibility, about friendship and mutual assistance, about how human destinies sometimes unfold in peculiar ways, about nobility and self-sacrifice, about kindness and love. Read it with the whole family! For children of middle school age.