Helpful Score: 2
Interesting young adult read with a different look at the Holocaust. Good one to read out loud or as a class because young readers will need to discuss due to main character's naivete about what is happening in the world.
9 year old Bruno is the son of an up and coming Nazi officer, but really doesn't know what his father's job entails-- just that he gets to wear handsome uniforms! Their move from their beloved home in Berlin to the commandant's home at a concentration camp confuses Bruno who has no idea about the war, the "Jewish" problem, or who the" Fury" (Hitler) is! He just knows he is lonely, missing his 3 "best friends for life" and the 5 story house with a sliding bannister-- the only home he's known. To top it off, there is no town nearby, no neighbors, and only his adolescent sister to play with--but she's a total pain!
He eventually goes "exploring" in the woods behind the house and discovers more about the people who live on the other side of the fence--hundreds of them he can see from his bedroom window--- and who all wear the same "striped pajamas" every day.
9 year old Bruno is the son of an up and coming Nazi officer, but really doesn't know what his father's job entails-- just that he gets to wear handsome uniforms! Their move from their beloved home in Berlin to the commandant's home at a concentration camp confuses Bruno who has no idea about the war, the "Jewish" problem, or who the" Fury" (Hitler) is! He just knows he is lonely, missing his 3 "best friends for life" and the 5 story house with a sliding bannister-- the only home he's known. To top it off, there is no town nearby, no neighbors, and only his adolescent sister to play with--but she's a total pain!
He eventually goes "exploring" in the woods behind the house and discovers more about the people who live on the other side of the fence--hundreds of them he can see from his bedroom window--- and who all wear the same "striped pajamas" every day.
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