Genrikh Knizhnik, an excellent children's writer with a surname that couldn't be more fitting for a book, has come up with a gripping story about a ten-year-old girl named Vika who can understand the language of animals and birds.
It turns out that this unusual gift can be useful both in everyday life (for example, when you need to find a friend who is in trouble) and in moments of danger (to prevent a tragedy involving a tiger at the circus).
But what will happen if unscrupulous people try to take advantage of the girl's unique abilities? And how will Vika's friends behave—her classmates Senka and Vaska, her beloved cat Katya, Irma the Doberman, Mishka the Newfoundland, and other characters in the story?
School days, real children, cozy domestic and summer house scenes, relationships between children and parents—Genrikh Knizhnik, who has a keen sensitivity for the child's soul, writes about all of this with psychological precision, without being didactic, and with deep respect and love for all the positive characters (including the animals). Another undeniable merit of this book is the masterful description of the turbulent, almost detective-like events that the main character, Vika, is forced into because of her gift.
Author: Genrikh Knizhnik
Illustrations: Artyom Kostyukevich
Pages: 224 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 247×172×23 mm
