About the book: 1967 / What is this book about? About the young friends of the Trudrassvet state farm, about their studies at school and various interesting pioneer activities. Those who read this story will remember the fidgety and inventor Genka Sinitsyn, the sensible Sanya Morozov, the cocky Lena Tarelkina. The pioneer “Aurora” successfully comes to Bratsk, and former fifth-graders move on to the sixth grade. Vacations and summer are ahead. What do the guys do in the summer? They are together again, coming up with a lot of interesting things again. They follow in the footsteps of the communards - the founders of a new life in the countryside, relax in the camp, and help their state farm. The life of the children in the summer is described in the second part - “Outpost in the Steppe”, after which the entire book is named.