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Boyne, John, 1971-

The boy in the striped pajamas : a fable / by John Boyne. - 1st American ed. - Oxford ; New York : David Fickling Books, 2006. - 215 pages ; 21 cm

"Berlin 1942. When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences." -- Publisher's website.

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.



Man Booker Prize, 2006, considered PNLA Young Reader's Choice Award, Junior division, 2005.

ISBN: 0385751079 9780385751070 0385751060 9780385751063 038560940X 9780385609401 0385751532 9780385751537

Standard No.: PML 194575

LCCN: 2005033596

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA588088 bnb

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Concentration camps--Poland--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Nazis--Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.B69677 / Boy 2006

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]