Ginger. Svirsky A.

Sanka, the hero of the novel "Ryzhik", is a round orphan. He lives in the care of foster parents in the village of Holodyaevka, the name of which speaks for itself. Ryzhik is a kind and honest boy, but he gives others a lot of trouble with his pranks and passages. Once a redhead meets a wandering magician. Beled by his art, fascinated by stories about distant big cities, the boy decides to see the world with his own eyes and leaves his native places with a new friend. Will his journey be happy?..

The famous Russian writer Alexei Ivanovich Svirsky (1865–1942) was born in a poor family. At twelve years, he remained a round orphan and wandered around for a long time, wandered throughout Russia, visited Persia and Turkey, interrupted by random earnings.

The future writer did not study at school, but had talent and observation, and these qualities allowed He change his life. In 1892, he printed the first poem in the newspaper and has been published constantly since then. Svirsky wrote about twenty books. The story “Ryzhik” addressed to adolescents is one of the most touching works of the author.

The book is illustrated by the expressive drawings of the modern artist Elizabeth Vedina.

for secondary school age.