The forest. Una storia di amicizia, coraggio e resistenza
It’s the 19th of April 1943 in Warsaw, the capital city of Nazi-occupied Poland. For the feisty and street-smart Zuzanna, 16, it seems like just another day fighting to stay alive in the Warsaw Ghetto, where hundreds of thousands of Jewish people are living in cramped and squalid conditions, with little to no means of survival. That is until Zuzanna is given an unexpected chance to escape, on the condition that she takes the meek and little Hanna, 11, with her. The story of two girls who form an unlikely friendship as deep as sisters while hiding in a cold, mysterious forest as a courageous battle unfolds nearby: the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Together, Zuzanna and Hanna must find new ways to carry on. Can they contain their fears, resolve their differences, and learn to trust and rely on each other fully in such dark and confusing times?
• A coming-of-age story for young readers with a passion for history and adventure.
• This educational tale describes the power of resilience, valour and sisterhood over fear, adversity and the unknown.
• Illustrated by Riccardo Pieruccini, known professionally as ‘Ruggine’.
Harriet Webster is a British writer. She has always loved history and stories about brave girls and women from all over the world. Harriet began by writing and illustrating her own comic stories, contributing to the fervent indie comic scene in London, before moving on to comics for kids, YA and television screenplays. She currently lives in New York with her husband and her cat. The Forest is her first graphic novel and was written in Italian.
