“I was alone, completely alone, hiding under the bed in a room with heavy, scary steps approaching the door...” This is how seventh-grader David begins his story about the strange events that took place after the mysterious theft of an ancient drawing. David's friend, suspected of theft, is challenged to a duel by the university shooting champion. The mystery of the missing drawing leads to the distant past, and only David knows how to prevent a duel and save his friend from certain death. But will he have time? Israeli schoolchildren are reading this story by the famous Israeli writer David Grossman.