Book Review | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Author name: John Boyne Book Description: 'Some things are just sitting there, waiting to be discovered. Other things are probably better off left alone' Nine year old Bruno has a lot of things on his mind. Who is the 'fury'? Why did he make them leave their nice home in Berlin to go to 'Out-With'? And who are all the sad people in striped pajamas on the other side of the fence? The grown-ups won't explain so Bruno decides there is only one thing for it- he will have to explore this place alone. What he discovers is a new friend. A boy with the same birthday. A boy wearing striped pajamas. But why can't they ever play together? My Review: This is a heartbreaking story of the nine years old Bruno and his friend Shmuel. It is set during the horrors of Holocaust. Bruno is the son of a Nazi commandant and Shmuel, a Jewish prisoner in the infamous Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp. Bruno moves to Auschwitz with his family from...