The book by Ivan Nikitchuk is the view of a boy, teenager, young man on the difficult events of a difficult, sometimes difficult period in the life of our people and country in the annexed regions of Western Ukraine. The Great Patriotic War has just ended, but the enemies have not laid down their arms; they are destroying those who accepted Soviet power and took its side. People face enormous difficulties, but life is gradually improving, becoming better, and the opportunity to study and work appears. The main character of the book goes through a difficult path over the ten years of his life, turning from a village boy into an educated young man. This boy had to go through a lot, experience a lot: the loss of his beloved sister, and the great feeling of first love. The main thing is that he did not lose faith in kindness and justice, in the sincerity of human relationships.