Finished Book 15

I finished The Boy in the Striped Pajamas this afternoon. This book was sad and like all WWII stories, it just made my skin crawl. I still can't believe Nazi camps existed and how badly all the Jewish people were treated. This book was the story of a 9 year old boy named Bruno. His father was a Commandant for Hitler at Auschwitz and Bruno was completely oblivious to what his father's career was. He knew nothing about Hitler, the treatment of Jews, or anything happening in the world outside of his own life. Bruno forms a relationship with a Jewish boy named Shmuel through a fence. Through this friendship, Bruno slowly begins to realize that some people have worse problems than he does.
This book is categorized as Young Adult, and I can see a difference in writing style compared to other WWII books. Even though the writing style was for younger readers, the subject matter was still very powerful. If you like fictional WWII stories, this would be a good book to read. I also want to say that the last paragraph and sentence actually gave me chills.

216 pages