Eight-year-old Ural schoolboy writes his own superhero book
Misha dreams of creating a Russian fantasy universe.
Mar 7, 2026 0
Misha is in second grade and already participates in scientific conferences.
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Second-grader Mikhail Romanov from Berezovsky created his own superhero and wrote a book about him. Now the boy dreams that his character will win over readers across the country.
This is how the main character of the book, Yar Gromov, looks.
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The book is called «Yar Gromov» (6+), and it is dedicated to a 12-year-old boy who accidentally gains superpowers. According to the concept, the character will be part of the Russian superhero universe «Rovels».
The development of the work took a whole year. In fact, it is a very labor-intensive process, the boy«s parents, Yulia Zavyalova and Ilya Romanov, told E1.RU.
«Misha has been attracted to books since childhood. Besides well-known fantasy stories and universes, he is interested in popular science literature, studies 3D modeling, plays the guitar, and learns English,» Yulia Zavyalova told E1.RU. «Superheroes especially interest Misha.»
The first to read Mikhail«s book was his younger brother, who immediately became a fan of the story»s main character. The schoolboy«s family is confident that Yar Gromov will be loved no less than Peter Parker and Harry Potter.
Professional specialists were involved in the work on the fantasy—an editor, an artist, and a designer—but it has not yet been put into print. Only the first and only copy was printed.
«A creative team of professionals from different cities in Russia was formed. An artist from St. Petersburg brought all of Misha»s ideas to life in his illustrations, and an equally talented photographer from Moscow animated Yar Gromov for our website,« continued Yulia. »We did not use neural networks; Misha came up with the plot and character images himself.«
A leading publishing house is ready to release the book, but support is needed for this.
To pre-order the book or support the project, you can follow the link.
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And another Yekaterinburg schoolboy created a popular science blog about atomic energy.
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