The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

by John Boyne

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 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 meet 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.

• ISBN10: 0385610319
• ISBN13: 9780385610315
• Publish Date: 5 January 2006
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 17 September 2014
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: David Fickling Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 224
• Language: English

Reviews

[fmthoangan]

Beauty purity of a child in tremendous tragedy

[Amber]

I was crying quietly until the last page and then the final two paragraphs broke me. "Not in this day and age." *weeps*