Hilary McCall's story about The Boy in Striped Pyjamas
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Author: John Boyne
SynopsisThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is set during World War II and is about a German family who move house because of the fathers' work as a Nazi Commandant. The youngest child Bruno, goes exploring one day and finds a little boy his age called Shmuel who is a Jew and living in a concentration camp. Bruno doesn't know what a concentration camp is but he decides that he wants to live there with Shmuel. So the two of them played for a day and then they were told they had to strip off and get into a room with all the other men at the camp. This is a brilliant story with lots of excitement and a mind changing ending.
My Story
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas changed my life because it made me realise what it was like in World War II from a German and a Jew's point of view. I never thought that living in a concentration camp was so bad... until I read the book.
I read it in school in primary 7 which was in 2008. I wanted to read it because I saw it advertised and some of my friends raved about it, so I thought I would give it a go. Oh my gosh! As soon as I had finished the third chapter, I was almost in tears.
It was interesting yet very sad but I enjoyed it word for word.
I had never liked reading. Hated it. But there was a short period of time in my life when I actually enjoyed reading and that was when I read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. I would DEFINITELY recommend it to my friends and people who are not my friends. I absoloutely loved it and I hope you love reading it (if you do read it) as much as I do.
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I will be sure to look out for this book