About the book: 2018 / “As long as you have the passion to make discoveries, move forward, discover the unknown, then the boyish god is with you,” he once said Vanya radio operator Boris. But how can we find him, this boyish god? Especially here, in the arctic cold, in the middle of nowhere, where Vanya spends the longest summer of his life. All people, like people, go to the sea, to a warm beach, in July, and his father suddenly decided to take a vacation in the north. In the village of Tsypnavolok, in one street there are no shops, no Wi-Fi with mobile communications, no island of smooth asphalt for a skateboard. Only old rickety houses, bored workers, sunken ships thrown ashore... Although a lost ship is, perhaps, still interesting: Vanya overcame his fear, made his way inside early in the morning and seemed to understand what Boris meant. Or is it not? Scattered throughout the pages of this book are numerous tips on where and how to look for your boyish god, what he might be, and how not to lose touch with him. Dmitry Ishchenko's story is, of course, 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 for the main character an inexhaustible source of experience - and knowledge about himself. The name of Dmitry Ishchenko is not yet well known to the reader, but his debut book reveals such a scope of thinking that is inherent in classic children's authors. And the picturesque panoramas of northern nature, which the story is rich in, are reminiscent of the paintings of director Andrei Zvyagintsev. The writer lives in Murmansk, at different times he worked as a journalist, screenwriter and director of documentaries. His story “Teriberka” was included in the shortlist for the prize named after. I. P. Belkin, and “In Search of the Boyish God” - to a similar list of the literary competition “New Children’s Book».