"Boris" by Boris Zhitkov This story takes place in Leningrad in the year 1942 when the Russian-German war began.

Twelve-year-old Boris Macarenko explains how he struggled to keep alive in the freezing cold, but it was not easy with daily air raids and lack of food.
Every day he goes to the canteen to get his ration, which is always thin beetroot soup that is not enough for him or his mother.
Despite his complaints he still got the same thing, but Boris was lucky because he had a friend named Nadia Morozova who new many secrets and for one thing where to get food.
Nadia is Boris's closest friend she always came up with ideas to keep out of trouble.
One day Boris and Nadia were going to the canteen to…