About the book: 2011 / Pavel and Gul had a grandmother, mother and a wonderful old house as a witness to the history of their family. But everything changes overnight: the grandmother dies, the mother disappears, and the children end up in an orphanage. In a new novel for teenagers, Dina Sabitova, winner of the Cherished Dream award for the story “Circus in a Box,” talks about real values: only family and home in the modern world, like a hundred years ago, can give protection to all people, but first It’s the turn of those who haven’t grown up yet. And the feeling of orphanhood and loneliness can overtake not only children left without parents, but any of us who are deprived of the support of loved ones and native walls. Pavel is a thirteen-year-old teenager, but it is he who Sabitova gives him with an almost instinctive sense of responsibility for the family. He is sure that while their House is still standing, he and Gul are not orphans. And this conviction helps children overcome all obstacles in order to eventually return to it..