The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by: John Boyne
240 pgs.
Synopsis
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.
Opinion
I saw this movie before I read the book and I liked it. It was very depressing, but that's understandable. It's a movie about a boy meeting a Jew who lives in a concentration camp in 1942. When I found out that the movie was based on this novel, I was interested. I ended up getting the book for my birthday, so I picked it up and read it. I liked the book better than the movie. I thought that the book wasn't as depressing, because it was in Bruno's head, and you weren't seeing it for yourself in a movie. It was written very well. John Boyne is one of my new favorite authors. He created very a typical family who's dad was a commandent, and they had to move from place to place in order for him to keep his job. He created a tense relationship between Bruno and his sister Gretel, just like every other brother and sister. He just did a very good job with the book overall. There was some mild violence, as well as some extremely cruel and harsh punishments the soldiers gave to the slaves. There wasn't anything else that you wouldn't expect in a realistic fiction book about a concentration camp. Very good book! Ages 10+
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