The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne The year is 1943. When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his family must move from their home to a new house far away, where there are no neighbours 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. Bruno decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye, so sets out to explore...
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Themes Childhood innocence, loneliness, friendship, racial discrimination, war, genocide. |
