John Boyne
215 pages
Reviewed by; Maricela Deveney


                                                      The Boy in the Striped Pajamas


                                                  The Boy in the Striped Pajamas takes place during the Holocaust. The main character is a nine year old named Bruno. His father is a general in the Nazi army and the first scene shows how they are moving to a new house due to his father's move. Bruno discovers that there is a "farm" in the backyard but in reality, it's a concentration camp.
Being the adventurous, little kid Bruno was, he went to the concentration camp gates where he met a little boy that was his age. Ever since that day he saw the boy, he started bringing him food and visiting him everyday. They both aren't influenced by Hitler's idea so they develop a friendship and defy the odds.