Title: The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
Author: John Boyne
Year Published: 2006
Genre: Historical/Tragic-comedy
'The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas,' is written in third person as Boyne is the narrator, telling the story of the young boy Bruno, and the life he is living as the son of a head German SS Officer. The book is set through the Holocaust period, where Bruno's family house was on the out-skirts of the Auschwitz. He began friends with a Jewish boy whom was held as a prisoner, where he dresses in striped pyjamas to join his friend in the camp. After this he suffers a tragic death being caught in one of the gas chambers.
This book would be most suitable for upper primary years, due to the language and contexts of the story. I feel that the book could be used through English lesson when looking at the text and language features, and History lessons when talking about the Holocaust.
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