Description
This bold graphic novel sequel to Cross My Heart and Never Lie, which Alice Oseman called “a warm hug”, follows Bao, who bands together with her friends to save their beloved forest from being turned into a car park. But how can they make the adults listen?
A story about being big enough to understand what needs to be done, but too young to be taken seriously.
When Bao finds out that the adults have decided to turn her beloved forest – the Bog – into a car park, she realises that she’s the one who must act! With her best friends Tuva and Linnéa by her side, Bao organises a protest. Do Abdi and the other boys at school really understand why it’s so important to save the forest? And how do you make the adults understand the seriousness of the situation when you’re 12 years old?
Save Our Forest! is a stand-alone follow-up to the acclaimed and awarded Cross my Heart and Never Lie.
Review
Bao has given up band, as she is now the student council president on the school board. But she is not happy with what is happening there...
She has always had an affinity with the forest behind the school but now the board want to turn a large part of it into extra school parking. While they assure her that this is for the safety of the students, she is not sure that the students will have any future without forests and the important trees that dwell there! So, she arranges a sit in to stop the trees being cut down. Can one person really make a difference?
This book contains an important message of the importance of preserving our wild habitats, particularly forests, for the benefit of all of humanity. It is an easy-to-read graphic novel that although set in Norway, will resonate with readers everywhere, especially those in the lower secondary and upper primary levels.
