The Boy in The Striped Pajamas is a book about innocence. It's a look at the Holocaust through the eyes of a child. Bruno, the main character in this book, is only nine. When his father's soldier work takes them to Auschwitz (or should I say Out-With?), how could he possibly understand the horrors going on around him? How could he understand what his new friend Shmuel is going through? How could he possibly understand the meaning of that fence?
This is one of my favorite Holocaust books. The innocence is striking, and John Boyne writes so eloquently. A must-read.
