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  • MediaDB / «White Dove, Black Elephant” by Eva Nemesh: download fb2, read online

    About the book: 2023 / Dad gives thirteen-year-old Lela a nondescript ship’s log. While the girl turns it over in her hands doubtfully, dad says that every captain must have a logbook in order to record everything important during the voyage. “Are you your own captain?” - he asks his daughter. Lelya’s diary begins with this question, which she will keep for a hundred days. What can you accomplish in a hundred days? Much! For example, start a diary, lose an old friend and find a new one, go through several moves: from tiny Alesino by the sea to cold Apatity and then to cloudy St. Petersburg. And also - climb a volcano, wander through the labyrinth of the Minotaur, see the northern lights. And at the same time try to understand your family, understand yourself and grow up. Eva Nemes writes novels and stories for teenagers, and also teaches English and runs a children's literary workshop. She is a three-time winner of the Book Award. The writer has created an amazingly dynamic and touching text that it is impossible to remain indifferent to when you are between 13 and 16 years old. After all, the author speaks the same language with teenagers and is absolutely convinced that one hundred days is an eternity. If you're thirteen…