The Forest of Vanishing Stars

by Kristin Harmel (£8.99, Welbeck, PB) From the best-selling author of The Book of Lost

Names comes this captivating World War Two novel based on true events. Yona has been living in the forest most of her life, after being kidnapped by an 82-year-old woman from her wealthy German parents. The woman taught her everything about surviving in the wild, and when a group of Jewish refugees enter the forest, Yona teaches them how to survive. But, when she faces a betrayal, she ventures into a nearby German village where her past and present collide. A magical historical coming-of-age story, beautifully told.