How long have they been in the forest? A day, two? A week? In the impenetrable forest, the sense of time and place is lost. Trees, ravines and even swamps are all the same. Either it will collapse on the right, or it will crack on the left. Behind every bush the ghost of Zakharushka appears. And then it’s as if a whole army of forest monsters is growing out of the ground, shaking their shaggy withers... “You can’t despair, you have to look for a way out,” says Rzhavy. “Perhaps,” Sevka agrees. “It would be better if they lit a fire,” Thekla grumbles in his head. Sevka flinches at her voice - every time. If Rzhavy hadn’t been around, he would have gone crazy with fear! Whatever happens in the life of 11-year-old Sevka, he will definitely cope: the main thing is that there must be someone nearby who can be trusted. But at first the hero of this book does not see a friend either in Rzhavy, or in Yashka, or in Gnusik. Everything changes overnight when the boys, saving their lives from a gang of hooligans, get lost in the forest. They have no water, no food, just a box of matches in their pocket. The countdown has begun... The book “With Warm Greetings from Thekla” continues the traditions of serious Russian literature for children: “The Golden Cloud Spent the Night”, “The Bronze Bird”, “The Cloud Regiment”. Anna Zenkova (born in 1984) opens up the world in its complexity and ambiguity to the reader, but does not deprive her of hope. No matter what trials await the hero, the voice of the loving Thekla will always sound in his head: at first sharply and frighteningly, then more and more softly and kindly. In 2019, this debut story by a young writer received the Grand Prix of the “Teenager N” competition, which was held by the CompassGuide publishing house, and the Prize named after. V. P. Krapivina in the “Commander’s Choice” nomination.