BERLIN 1942 WHEN BRUNO RETURNS HOME FROM SCHOOL ONE DAY, HE DISCOVERS THAT HIS BELONGINGS ARE BEING PACKED IN CRATES. HIS FATHER HAS RECEIVED A PROMOTION AND THE FAMILY MUST MOVE FROM THEIR HOME TO A NEW HOUSE FAR FAR AWAY, WHERE THERE IS NO ONE TO PLAY WITH AND NOTHING TO DO. A TALL FENCE RUNNING ALONGSIDE STRETCHES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE AND CUTS HIM OFF FROM THE STRANGE PEOPLE HE CAN SEE IN THE DISTANCE. BUT BRUNO LONGS TO BE AN EXPLORER AND DECIDES THAT THERE MUST BE MORE TO THIS DESOLATE NEW PLACE THAN MEETS THE EYE ...
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BERLIN 1942 WHEN BRUNO RETURNS HOME FROM SCHOOL ONE DAY, HE DISCOVERS THAT HIS BELONGINGS ARE BEING PACKED IN CRATES. HIS FATHER HAS RECEIVED A PROMOTION AND THE FAMILY MUST MOVE FROM THEIR HOME TO A NEW HOUSE FAR FAR AWAY, WHERE THERE IS NO ONE TO PLAY WITH AND NOTHING TO DO. A TALL FENCE RUNNING ALONGSIDE STRETCHES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE AND CUTS HIM OFF FROM THE STRANGE PEOPLE HE CAN SEE IN THE DISTANCE. BUT BRUNO LONGS TO BE AN EXPLORER AND DECIDES THAT THERE MUST BE MORE TO THIS DESOLATE NEW PLACE THAN MEETS THE EYE. WHILE EXPLORING HIS NEW ENVIRONMENT, HE MEETS ANOTHER BOY WHOSE LIFE AND CIRCUMSTANCES ARE VERY DIFFERENT TO HIS OWN, AND THEIR MEETING RESULTS IN A FRIENDSHIP THAT HAS DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES. . , , ... ; . - - . ; - . .
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A short simple tale - so very simple - but so wonderfully told; sad, disturbing and satisfying. A very approachable and believeable point of view of the horror of the Holocaust. I could not recommend this book more highly.
Danny
Apr 12, 2012
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
This book is a very easy, quick read. It is written with older children in mind. It will introduce them to a dark time in world history and the unbelievable cruelty of war and persecution.
sd6161
Mar 8, 2010
Children's Questions
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a fable about the Holocaust. It is written for teenage or young adult readers.
The story centers around a young boy[Bruno] who is the son of a Nazi Concentration Camp Director living with his family at a Concentration Camp that commits murders and exterminations. As the book progresses, Bruno begins to realize and question some unusual, violent and evil occurrences. This is where frustration with the story line begins. Knowing that the Nazi/Hitler youth were indoctrinated at very young ages to a belief in a "superior race" left me as a reader feeling that there was a lack of balance between his natural ability to realize good vs evil and his high level of ability to achieve goals of exploration and other feats.
It seems the same story and outcome could have been achieved with a somewhat more realistic view as a boy Bruno's age would still have held the idealism of friendship, helpfulness and good over evil without having been told of the exterminations.
All in all, there is a powerful lesson in the story and it is well worth the read.