The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas #1) by John Boyne

Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us . . .

Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. he is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas.

Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. And in exploring what he is unwittingly a part of, he will inevitably become consumed by the terrible process.

Genres: Young Adult - Historical Fiction - Holocaust - World War II
Condition: Fair
Published: First published in 2006. This edition published in 2008 tie-in edition by Definitions
Pages: 216
ISBN: 9781862305274
Weight: 140g