The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel is a captivating World War II novel about a young woman raised in the wilderness who becomes an unlikely savior to Jewish refugees hiding in the forest.
In 1922, a mysterious woman kidnaps two year old Yona from her wealthy German family and raises her in the forests of Eastern Europe, teaching her to survive in the wild. For years, Yona knows nothing of the outside world—until the woman who raised her dies, leaving her alone.
When World War II erupts and Jewish refugees flee into the forest to escape the Nazis, Yona emerges from isolation to help them survive. Using her knowledge of the wilderness, she teaches them to find food, build shelter, and evade capture. But as the war intensifies and danger closes in, Yona must decide whether to continue hiding or risk everything to save the people who have become her family.
A stunning story of survival, identity, and the unexpected ways we find our purpose.
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