About the book: 2015 / The book includes stories by E. Vorobyov, L. Kassil, L. Sobolev, L. Panteleev, Y. Yakovlev, N. Chukovsky about the Great Patriotic War, often based on real events. All these writers in 1941–1945. were in the active army. They believed that Victory would have been impossible without the striving for it of every person in our country. The war itself appears before the reader as a tragedy that takes lives, kills beauty, dreams, the future. For middle school age. Artists Orest Georgievich Vereisky, Igor Mikhailovich Godin, Olga Borisovna Rytman. For children over 12 years old (12+) (According to with Federal Law of December 29, 2010 No. 436-FZ).