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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne
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Description for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Paperback. Tells the story of a nine-year-old boy called Bruno. And sooner or later the reader arrives with Bruno at a 'fence', which is not meant to be crossed. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us . . .
Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Definitions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
183g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781862305274
SKU
V9781862305274
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Ref
99-99
About John Boyne
John Boyne is the author of fifteen novels for adults, six for younger readers, and a collection of short stories. His 2006 novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for cinema, theatre, ballet, and opera. His many international bestsellers include The Heart's Invisible Furies and A Ladder to ... Read more
Reviews for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
An account of a dreadful episode, short on actual horror but packed with overtones that remain in the imagination. Plainly and sometimes archly written, it stays just ahead of its readers before delivering its killer punch in the final pages
Nick Tucker
Independent
A small wonder of a book. Bruno's education is conducted slowly, through a series ... Read more
Nick Tucker
Independent
A small wonder of a book. Bruno's education is conducted slowly, through a series ... Read more