It must remain alive

The story of Lyudmila Nikolskaya talks about several days in the life of a Maya girl. But what are these days! The winter of 1941, in the blockade Leningrad, cold, hunger, death and meanness reign. And Maya is only 11 years old, and she remains a child even in this monstrous time. Lyudmila Nikolskaya, who survived the blockade herself, writes primarily about life, no matter how terrible she may be. Maya argues with his mother, laughs with a neighbor"s boy, warms up a homeless kitten, takes care of his neighbors and continues to live with all his might.
The illustrations of Lisa Bukhalova combine Maya"s blockade reality with her dreams of peaceful life and give hope that the most difficult tests will pass, giving way to childhood.
For secondary school age