Escaped from besieged Leningrad, Shurka, Bobka and Tanya are separated again, but are alive and know this for sure - they have already learned to feel how the hearts of loved ones beat hundreds of kilometers away. War, in its blind madness, spares no one: neither adults, nor children, nor those on the front line, nor those beyond the Urals, nor cats, nor horses, nor trees, nor birds. With this stupid war, everything is terribly confused, and now, in order to drive it away, it’s time to take up the most effective weapon - since people and bombs can only do so little, it’s time to launch a fabulous plot. “Beetles Don’t Cry” is the third of five books in the “Leningrad Tales” series. The first, “Children of the Raven,” was named the main event of 2016 in teenage literature, was included in the short list of the Yasnaya Polyana literary award, was included in the international “White Crows” list - among the best 200 books from 60 countries, and also won IN OTHER WORDS of the largest British foundation for supporting children's literature BOOK TRUST (and the rights to publish in English were bought from us by Penguin Random House!). The second book in the series, “The Stolen City,” was longlisted for the Prize. V. Krapivina in 2017. For middle and high school age.