Tuesday, November 06, 2012

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

Another sad one. Very sad. It is the story of a young boy whose father runs a concentration camp during WWII. Ending was a little contrived but it serves to get the author's point across so I don't find that a bad thing. Really a good one for showing the horrors of the Holocaust.

Read again? I'm not sure.
You read? Yes. This is one of those that you just have to read. Have to. Read. Just read it, ok?
Rating? Great! (Although my ratings have become slightly arbitrary as I didn't have any real definition for what a book has to do to get each one. I should do that.)
Age level? Preteen and above, but maybe keep away from kids you know are quite sensitive.

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