In Search of a Boy’s God (3rd ed.) Ishchenko D.

"As long as you have the drive to make discoveries, move forward, and explore the unknown, it means the boy-god is with you," radio operator Boris once told Vanya. But how can he find this boy-god? Especially here, in the Arctic cold, in the middle of nowhere, where Vanya is spending the longest summer of his life.

Like everyone else, people go to the sea in July, to a warm beach, but Vanya's father suddenly decided to spend the holidays in the North. In the village of Tsyypnavolok, on its single street, there are no shops, no Wi-Fi or mobile connection, and no patch of smooth asphalt for skateboarding. Only old, leaning houses, bored workers, and sunken ships washed up on the shore... Although a wrecked ship is perhaps still interesting: Vanya overcame his fear, snuck inside early in the morning, and seemed to understand what Boris meant. Or did he?

The pages of this book are scattered with numerous clues about where and how to look for your boy-god, what he might be like, and how not to lose touch with him. Dmitry Ishchenko's novella is certainly not a collection of practical advice for lost teenagers, but rather an inspiring and strikingly cinematic story about the inevitable end of childhood. Three months on the picturesque coast of the Barents Sea become an inexhaustible source of experience for the main character—and knowledge of himself.

Dmitry Ishchenko's name is not yet well known to readers, but his debut book reveals a breadth of vision characteristic of classic children's authors. And the picturesque panoramas of northern nature that abound in the novella are reminiscent of the films of director Andrei Zvyagintsev. The writer lives in Murmansk and has worked as a journalist, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker. His novella "Teriberka" was shortlisted for the I. P. Belkin Prize, while "In Search of the Boy-God" won the V. P. Krapivin Prize in the "Children's Jury's Choice" category.
For middle and older school ages.
3rd edition, revised.

Author: Dmitry Ishchenko
Illustrator: Masha Sudovykh
Publisher: KompasGid 2020
Series: Teenager N
Genre: Young Adult Literature
ISBN: 978-5-00083-448-0 all
Pages: 160 (Offset)
Design
Weight: 336 g
Dimensions: 215x145x13 mm