I killed a sausage

The story "I killed the sausage - laureate of the International Children"s Literary Prize. V.P. Krapivina 2016 and finalist of the V International Competition. S.V. Mikhalkova 2016
This book is about military childhood. However, in this childhood there is nothing particularly heroic, ordinary life is very little food, and there is also not too much everything else. There is not even a father - and he did not die in the war, but sits in the camp. Repressed. The story is autobiographical. The preface was written by Oleg Nikolsky. Olezhek. The main character of the book.
"Real fears are adjacent to the imaginary, admiration for a local bandit and an ardent desire to become a musician (and pioneer) intertwined in the soul of Olezhek. But most of all during the war I would like to forget about the war, to forget about the fact that dad is arrested, about hunger and about all other injustices. The hero wants to forget, and the reader needs to know - be sure to "
Olga Bukhina, literary critic, specialist in children"s literature