Boyne, John, 1971-

The boy in the striped pajamas : a fable / by John Boyne. - Oxford ; New York : David Fickling Books, 2008, c2006. - 215, 16 p. ; 21 cm.

Originally published in Great Britain by David Fickling Books, 2006. Includes a readers guide. Includes an interview with the author. "Now a major motion picture from Miramax films"--Cover.

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.

0385751893 (MTI tr. pbk.) 9780385751896 (MTI tr. pbk.)


Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--Juvenile fiction.


Concentration camps--Poland--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Nazis--Juvenile fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Juvenile fiction.

PZ7.B6977 / B69 2006

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