The book is based on actual events. The book tells about the author's memories about his year in the United States, living at host families as a youth exchange student of Rotary. The book shows different cultures of Russia, the United States of America and Japan through the eyes of a teenager. The events are taking place in a difficult time for Russia - the country was moving to a new era and was way behind western countries.

I would like to present to you my book, which is dedicated to Rotary International. It tells about my youth exchange experiences and my life after being an exchange student. The book is based on actual events.1) The first part is about my life in Siberian Ghetto before becoming an exchange student.2) The second one tells about me going abroad to the United States for one year.3) The third is about going back to Siberia and having an exchange student from Japan stay at our home in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. I will be glad if you find some time to read it one day. There you will see a lot of...