The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

My 15 year old non reading son wanted it so I bought it today for him and then I could not put it down.....excellant....and what an ending!!!

Awesome. Unfortunately, I can`t tell much without spoiling it. Tension...

Unbelievably powerful. This book had a far greater impact on me than I was expecting, and I would encourage everyone to read it at least once in their lives.

It's a children's Holocaust book that's not too scary for a kid, but as an adult, you read it and see the undertones and it is chilling. The Holocaust is never really mentioned...neither is any of the stuff that goes on at Auschwitz. However, the little boy the story follows, Bruno, is the son of the nazi commandant of Auschwitz and makes a friend out of a little boy his age on the...more

It's a children's Holocaust book that's not too scary for a kid, but as an adult, you read it and see the undertones and it is chilling. The Holocaust is never really mentioned...neither is any of the stuff that goes on at Auschwitz. However, the little boy the story follows, Bruno, is the son of the nazi commandant of Auschwitz and makes a friend out of a little boy his age on the other side of the fence. Bruno, only nine, is naive and doesn't know what is going on, thinks his father is a 'good' soldier, and when his Jewish friend talks of how hungry he is or how he was taken from his home, Bruno says how hungry he was on his walk over, and how he was taken from his home in Berlin when his dad made them move. The entire story is told in this innocent view, including the ending. So for children reading the book, it's not too upsetting...but will hopefully get them asking questions onto what was really going on. It's in the same class as 'Number the Stars'.   hide