A series of short stories, united under the title “The Musketeer and the Fairy,” tells about the development of Johnny Vorobyov’s character - from a child to a teenager. Together with the hero, his connections with the world and the people around him grow, becoming more diverse and complex. The story “Tales of Sevka Glushchenko” is about the guys of the post-war era. Second-grader Sevka, a little poet and storyteller, is finding it more and more difficult to cope with the troubles that have befallen him. But if you don’t give up and believe in your dream, it will certainly come true... The time of childhood and youth, the expanse of big rivers, friends, the first acquaintance with the city on the Neva, poems by poets banned half a century ago, riddles, discoveries and mysterious stories... All this is woven into the adventure plot of Vladislav Krapivin’s new novel, “The Glass Tales of Simka Zuik.”