The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

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• 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' by John Boyne

  I knew little about the book when I bought it, save that it was about the Holocaust and was written by an Irishman. The blurb on the back gave even less away: Initially, I thought the book was probably too simple for my tastes and wondered whether it ... (read full critics)

  readingmatters published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

• Educating Bruno

  The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne 224pp, David Fickling, £10.99 Bruno is a nine-year-old from Berlin who has three best Friends For Life, an elder sister who is a Hopeless Case, and an ambition to be an Explorer. One day in 1943 someone ca ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  Life would be easier if seen through the eyes of a nine-year old

  A very good children's book.

  The author superbly narrates the world as seen by a nine year old boy. I clearly remember thinking the same things about my father when my mom told me, the summer I turned nine, that we would have to move because of Father's work.

  It may be too easy to invol ... (continue)

  A very good children's book.

  The author superbly narrates the world as seen by a nine year old boy. I clearly remember thinking the same things about my father when my mom told me, the summer I turned nine, that we would have to move because of Father's work.

  It may be too easy to involve emotionally when writing about the final solution. At any rate, I was touched and loved the simple and accurate way used to picture the absurdity of the Holocaust.

  Bruno, age nine, the son of a Nazi Commandant, sees Auschwitz (or as he calls it Out-With) from his window. He becomes friends, a "friend for life" with Schmuel, born on the same day as him, who lives on the other side of the fence.

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  fran_ces said on Mar 31, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  ANOTHER STORY ON CHILDREN IN NAZI TIME

  This is another story on children in Nazi camps. Although the topic is very interesting to me, this book is not a masterpiece. There are other authors more worthwhile to read, such as Primo Levi, Imre Kertesz, Elie Wiesenthal....

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  Halfcrash said on Nov 13, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  good book

  saw movie it was awesome

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  Yungbergbabe said on Aug 16, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  A really sad story:(

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  Vivianchiu429 said on Apr 16, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  sometimes, all you need to sorrow is a beautiful, simple and short story.

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  Eric Wu said on Dec 3, 2010 about the Library Binding edition | Add your feedback

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  The author does a good job of imagining and recreating the mindset of an 8-year-old, to me anyway because I for one certainly don't remember much of life as one. Were we ever that innocent ?

  Good teenage fiction, a bit sensationalist and simplistic for more mature readers. I do not speak Germ ... (continue)

  The author does a good job of imagining and recreating the mindset of an 8-year-old, to me anyway because I for one certainly don't remember much of life as one. Were we ever that innocent ?

  Good teenage fiction, a bit sensationalist and simplistic for more mature readers. I do not speak German, but I doubt "Fuhrer" sounds like "fury" in German, or "Auschwitz" "Out-with".

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  Fay Ng said on Aug 9, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 224 Pages
• ISBN-10: 038560940X
• ISBN-13: 9780385609401
• Publisher: David Fickling Books
• Pub date: Jan 05, 2006
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD, Library Binding, Others and eBook
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