During the WWII era, nine-year-old Bruno's childish, hazy understanding of the war, his father's position in the Nazi government, and a place he calls "Out-With" lend this stark, harsh fable a coating of cloudy unreality. When Bruno's family is moved to Out-With because the Fury has high hopes for his father's advancement, the boy is terribly bored and seeks out the people in striped pajamas that he sees on the other side of a huge fence. After making friends with Shumel, a boy his exact age, Bruno knows he can't tell his family what he has learned. With an eye on creating awareness of the ignorance of modern times, Boyne has written a thought-provoking and sorrowful story, which was made into a film in 2008.

Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence. Reprint.

Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence. Reprint.