#1 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

John Boyne
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If you start to read this book, you will go on a journey with a nine-year-old boy named Bruno. (Though this isn't a book for nine-year-olds.) And sooner or later you will arrive with Bruno at a fence. Fences like this exist all over the world. We hope you never have to encounter one.
Genres: Historical FictionFictionYoung AdultHistoricalClassicsHolocaustWarWorld War IISchoolBook Club
224 Pages

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