Today’s life is difficult not only for adults, but also for schoolchildren. This is fully convinced by the seventh-grader Zhenya Mezentseva (the novel “Seven pounds of bramsel wind”), who has to solve the mystery of her father’s death, help friends in their difficult affairs, defend the city’s children’s Palace... In the novel “Red Banner of Perseverance” young and adult heroes also have a lot of problems. It tells about the fate of the squad "Espad", which the reader could meet in the two previous novels "The Boy with the Sword" and "Bronze Boy" The action takes place in our time, and it has not become simpler and easier than the seventies and nineties of the last century. To stand, not to lower the flag help the captains and drummers of "Espada" strong friendship and loyalty to long traditions, their banner, their sails