About the book: 1961 / Grandchildren of Columbus are our young contemporaries, boys and girls with an inquisitive mind and an ardent heart. The heroes of the novel are very young, they are just entering an independent life. Opportunities for creativity, daring, and search open wide before them. First love comes, first joys and disappointments. And even if not everything is smooth in the lives of the heroes, even if they still have to fight the dark legacy of the past - they feel like pioneers living in a wonderful era of great discoveries.