What is strange and what is normal? Who gets to decide? What do we lose when we conform to stereotypes and reinforce prejudice?
Lyova Inozemtsev (which translates as Leo the Foreigner) loves logical things, such as music and mathematics. He wears red trousers and lives with his grandparents. Everybody at school thinks that he is weird. The only girl, who gets along with Lyova, sits next to the kid who teases him the worst. Nobody understands Lyova – or so it seems...This book includes two stories. The characters of the second one are described in such a way that intrigued readers will need some time to realize that it is still the first story, only continued from another point of view – the kid who teased Lyova.
PRESS REVIEWS "This clever and captivating novel is the best I’ve read recently at exploring the psychology of friendship and rivalry, how we all too easily misunderstand and prejudge others, and the magic that can happen when we open up and trust somebody with the chance to be a friend."–Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, Russophone Kid Lit.
"One of the most interesting authors of this generation is Muscovite Nina Dashevskaya. Quiet and mild-mannered, she is first of all a professional musician who plays violin in the Children’s Musical Theater. It is not surprising that music is an essential part of her writing."–Olga Bukhina, School Library Journal.
YA Age: 12+ Pages: 200 Size: 140*200 mm Published in 2018 by Samokat
