Shelf Indulgence - Wake Forest Library

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Book cover for "The forest of vanishing stars"
Star rating for The forest of vanishing stars
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
A "coming-of-age World War II story about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the wilderness to help Jewish refugees escape the Nazis--until a secret from her past threatens everything"--
Book cover for "West with giraffes"
Star rating for West with giraffes
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
Description:
"'Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes...' Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It's 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic....