About the book: 1978 / The hero of the story spent a month in the village, and how many events fit into this short period of time: meeting the guys and a wonderful person - the chairman of the collective farm, a communist, a front-line soldier ; and a boat trip on the river; and participation in the capture of bandits... Here the boy goes through his first life tests, comprehends the basics of citizenship, love for the Motherland, for people, for his native nature. The story “What’s there, around the bend?” - expanded, revised edition of the story “Summer in Zhemchuzhina” (Priokskoye Book Publishing House, 1971.)