About the book: 2008 / Every good book has a delayed effect: it affects the reader much longer than the time it takes to read it. The National Children's Literary Award "The Cherished Dream" selects good books from thousands of manuscripts, so that our children have something to think about. Who would have thought that the strange woman clown Eva and the little orphan Marik would save the Caruselli Circus from ruin, find the missing princess, and all the other heroes of this fairy-tale story will be helped to find what they most strive for in life. The author of the story, Dina Sabitova, is the winner of the Grand Prize of the 2006–2007 season. National Children's Literary Award "Treasured Dream"».