Monday, January 3, 2011

Book 15: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Back to WWII, although I guess Angela's Ashes was kind of WWII related. I will be starting The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne today. I saw this book on a recommended book club list and then noticed that it was also made into a movie. This is the story of a 9 yr old German boy named Bruno. He has the perfect life until his father is promoted to a higher position in the army and the family is forced to move to Auschwitz. Bruno becomes bored in his new surrounding and is curious about people that he sees on the other side of the fence. His father will tell him nothing about these other people, so Bruno goes exploring to find about more about these people. The story sounds very interesting to me, but has gotten mixed reviews on Goodreads, so we'll see....

1 comment:

  1. That definitely sounds really interesting. I look forward to finding out what you think.

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