Books by John Boyne
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Style: Good
Attitude: Positive
Young Bruno is upset when his family is uprooted from their comfortable Berlin townhouse and forced to live in the featureless Outwith at the insistence of his soldier father's chief The Fury.
A moving look at the horrors of Auschwitz through the eyes of an innocent young German boy, the son of the camp commandant. No explicit violence but the final moments are quite tragic. May be suitable for younger readers in company with an older reader who can explain what's happening if needed.
Friendship, Growing-Up, Historical, Moral Issue, Thought-provoking, War