Topoliata - Krapivin V.

The most precious thing in the life of a small man - it's mother, family, love of loved ones. But in modern times sometimes it happens that someone alien and stranger can take all this from him, hypocritically hiding behind the protection of the rights of the child.
This book is about the troubles and misfortunes that occur in the lives of modern children thanks to such "defenders" and about the indifference and irresponsibility of adults who allow it. But it is also about kindness, cordiality and true friendship, which help young heroes to get rid of longing and loneliness, feelings of their irrelevance and abandonment and to find native people and understanding of what is for a person Homeland.
For middle and high school age.