I like this book, the ending for me was a bit confusing, but the book was pretty good.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Deluxe Illustrated Edition)
By John Boyne
The international bestseller that has touched millions of readers around the world is now available in a deluxe illustrated edition, featuring powerful illustrations by acclaimed artist Oliver Jeffers.
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 to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people in the distance. But Bruno decides 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 from his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.
Now available in a gorgeous deluxe edition featuring stunning artwork by award-winning illustrator Oliver Jeffers, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas takes on dramatic new intensity.
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 to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people in the distance. But Bruno decides 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 from his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.
Now available in a gorgeous deluxe edition featuring stunning artwork by award-winning illustrator Oliver Jeffers, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas takes on dramatic new intensity.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9780399559310
ISBN-10: 0399559310
Published on 10/11/2016
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
Book Reviews (4)
My Aunt told me about this book because I was into World War II and so I read it and in the beginning I was like this is not my thing but then I got so into it that kept on reading it for almost the whole day ( the ending was really good).
This story takes place in Berlin 1942 with the main character of a nine-year old boy named Bruno. He is the son of a Nazi commander who makes a friend that is a Jew. But before he met his new friend, he lived in a comfortable home than moved to a place called Out-With. There, he sees how cruel the world is to his friend: a Jew. the reality is much worse than what Bruno knows and sees, but he just doesn't understand just like a normal 9 year old boy. He does not know how dangerous it is to be-a-friend a Jew. Bruno follows his Jew friend (Shmuel) to find Shmuel's father into a village surrounded by fence that is a prison for all the Jews. The ending is quite mysterious, but my guess is that Bruno must have died with the other Jews by the Nazi soldiers.
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Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Book Review- Ameesha Bruno a nine year old boy from Germany, story starts when he comes home to find one of his house maids going through his personal things and packing them in crates. He finds out that he is moving away from his 3 best friends, comfortable house and is going to a place where there would be no friends for him to play with other than his 12 year old sister, who Bruno tells us is a Hopeless case. He is told countless times by his father that his job, which is the reason why they moved to their new house Out-With will change their lives forever. He has a completely different view of how this house will change his life forever. Bruno had to live in a place where his father's soldiers walking in and out of the house especially one Lieutenant Kotler in particular who gives Bruno the creeps. Bored of the house, Bruno decides to go exploring to find his curiosity lingering to a strange barb wired fence. This fence plays a role of separating 2 different worlds. Bruno meets a boy, Shmuel who wears striped pajamas and makes Bruno long to wear it as a costume. As their relationship grows older Bruno’s best friend grows weaker. The book ends in a devastating way and you might end in tears. This is a heart-warming, young adult story shown in a child's perspective of the Nazy war. The book showed the innocence and purity of children. I give this book and 4 and a half stars out of 5 because I thought that this book could have improved by explaining a couple of the scenes which where just left hanging at the end of the book. I would recommend this book to anyone that is over the age of 10.