Geroi knigi, deti blokadnogo Leningrada Vitia Stogov i ego druzia, tushili na cherdakakh zazhigatelnye bomby, lovili signalshchikov-diversantov, pomogali liudiam vystoiat. Liubov k Rodine, stoikost, muzhestvo, samootverzhennost - vot glavnye cherty etikh rebiat, blagodaria kotorym oni vyderzhali nechelovecheskie ispytaniia.