The textbook-reader for 6th grade students is part of a series of textbooks created according to a unified program of literary education (grades 5-11), compiled by T. F. Kurdyumova. A textbook-reader for students and a methodological guide for teachers have been published for each class. The program and educational books are aimed at educating the student as an educated and thoughtful reader, capable of evaluating works of art and determining their place in the historical and literary process. The textbook-reader “Literature. 6th grade" continues the process of literary education for schoolchildren. The author draws students' attention to the image of their peer in fiction.