The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne (Paperback)

At the tender age of nine, Bruno remains blissfully unaware of the Final Solution and the Holocaust, the dark shadows that loom over Europe. He remains oblivious to the unspeakable atrocities being perpetrated by his own country.

All Bruno comprehends is that he has been uprooted from Berlin to a lonely place where playmates are scarce. Loneliness clouds his days until the fateful encounter with Shmuel.

Shmuel inhabits a peculiar, parallel existence just beyond the adjacent wire fence, a world where striped pyjamas are the uniform of the day. Despite the cruel barrier that separates them, an unbreakable friendship blossoms between the two boys.

As their bond deepens, Bruno’s innocence gradually gives way to a painful awareness of the harsh reality lurking on the other side of that fence. He begins to glimpse the stark truths of his friend’s existence.

In John Boyne’s timeless novel, we journey with Bruno and Shmuel as their friendship unfolds, their innocence is lost, and they navigate the heart-wrenching depths of history’s darkest hours.