In secondary school, the study of Russian and foreign literature continues, and the reading range of students is significantly expanding. School curricula are also being updated - they include many works that were not studied in school 10-15 years ago. The newest anthology is compiled in full accordance with modern requirements of the education standard and can be used with all major textbooks recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. It includes monuments of ancient Russian literature, works of Russian classics of the 19th and 20th centuries and modern domestic authors, masterpieces of world literature - all the texts necessary for seventh-graders to prepare for literature lessons at home. 2nd edition, corrected and revised.