About the book: 2022 / Tanya lives in a small town in the Far East. She goes to school, helps her mother, and nothing special happens in her life. Suddenly, a father whom Tanya has never seen comes to the city, and with him his pupil, Kolya. Mixed feelings overwhelm the girl. Suddenly she begins to dream of distant lands and wants to see the wild Australian dog dingo... What is happening to her? Maybe she’s just getting older?.. The story is included in the list of “100 books on the history, culture and literature of the peoples of the Russian Federation, recommended for schoolchildren to read independently.” For middle school age.