About the book: 1982 / Difficult trials befell the heroine of the story, eighth-grader Yulka. In her care is a two-year-old brother and an unhappy, as the girl believes, mother, who is rarely sober. Noisy groups often gather in their apartment, which do not allow the girl to live in peace or prepare for final exams. Proud, withdrawn, Yulka hides her suffering from everyone for a long time. Housemates, school friends, and just acquaintances help the girl straighten out and become morally stronger; her neighbors, school friends, and just acquaintances actively fight for her. The story by the Tula writer tells about the formation of character, about the moral growth of the eighth-grader Yulka, who had to fight difficult life circumstances and, with the help of friends and housemates, emerge victorious.