The second part of the “Eccentric” trilogy is about new incidents in the life of Lyudka Nikitina. Together with her, the reader will get acquainted with the peculiarities of the habitat of geological prospectors on the Ustyurt plateau, boarding school students in the Karakalpak cities of Takhiatash and Khojeyli, and will visit the Black Sea coast, in the Artek camp. It’s not easy for the main character in the flow of events. Her life is complicated by her relationships with classmates and misconceptions about herself as a person. Another experience of falling in love causes anxiety. Irresistible, thoughtless desires push you to make a deal with your conscience. How will an extreme habitat, the atmosphere of life in a shelter, a fantastic gift of fate, and time affect the girl’s views and actions?