The Life and Adventures of a Oddball

Sixth-grader Borya, the main character of Vladimir Zheleznikov's novellas, is considered a bit of an oddball by many. And he is even a little proud of it: «Sometimes I even want to do something good, but I deliberately deny myself that so that they don't think I have succumbed to upbringing. For example, I do poorly in school because everyone else does well.» But one day Borya is appointed as a counselor for first-graders, and everything in his life changes very drastically...