About the book: year / Heroes of the adventure story by the famous children's writer, winner of several literary awards Tamara Kryukova Petka and Dasha, having arrived in the village for the summer with their grandmother, find out that Witch In the old days the swamp was a healing lake. Children dream of ridding the enchanted spring of its spell, but to do this they need to make a dangerous journey through the Valley of Mirages and the Kingdom of Shadows, where they meet mythological characters: terrible wolf people - wolfhounds, treacherous old bird women - goddesses, beautiful mermaids - shore guards, brave warriors, blizhins, unpredictable Anchutka...