The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

the boy in the striped pajamas by john boyne is mostly a historical fiction book and adventure because it is about a boy called bruno who experiences losing his best friends and wondering around the forest, it is also a book about historys of jews. i like this book because it is a sad story and history of how cruel the life of jewish poeple were living in along with making it feel real, throughout the adventure of bruno. in the book, the jewish people did not have normal human rights. (Jiwan. Grade 6)

Rating: 5/5

Vocabulary Difficulty: 1/5

This book has 216 pages excluding the preview of another book, which is an additional 46 pages. With 216 pages about the second world war, you would expect it to be sad to a heartbreaking level, but the thing about this book is that it is written from 10-year-old Bruno’s perspective making this war sound like another normal day. This is because Bruno is only 10 therefore he does not understand the cruel things happening to the Jews. whenever he gets close to finding out, he refuses to believe anything bad could ever be happening to them. Therefore this book gives you a different perspective of the war, and opens your eyes to all the kids who were told by their parents that the soldiers were doing good things in those camps, which was certainly not true. This book fits best into the genre of historical fiction and would be a good book to look into, if you are interested in gaining some knowledge about this tragic event. (Emma. Grade 7)

Rating: 3/5

Vocabulary Difficulty: 2/5

"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" is written by John Boyne and is about a boy named Bruno who moved from his home in Berlin to somewhere far away. Bruno has no friends in his new house and, there are no kids anywhere. There was only a big wire metal fence. One day Bruno goes for a walk along the fence and meets a boy around his age. The boy’s name is Shumel, and he was bald and was wearing striped pajamas. Their friendship grew stronger and stronger each day, and they started to know a lot about each other. Shumel's story is that he was sent to out-with with his family by the Nazis from Poland, he never knew why. (Nika. Grade 6)

Rating: 5/5

Vocabulary Difficulty: 2/5

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne is more of an adventure . It tells about a boy named Bruno who is from Berlin. His father had a job somewhere far from berlin so Bruno and his family must go to a far place. At that place Bruno don't have any friends so he try to search for friends but he found none. He spotted a tall fence so he decided to explore the place. He found a boy named Shmuel from Poland so Bruno be best friends with him.  (Dominic, Grade 6)

Rating: 4/5

Vocabulary Difficulty: 1/5

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne is a historical fiction book about a young boy (Bruno) moving out of a big fancy house in London to a smaller house in the middle of nowhere but what Bruno does not know is that his dad is in the Nazi and had to move closer to the concentration camps (the other side of the fence). Throughout the book, he sees people on the other side of the fence which is how he ends up meeting a young boy around his age (Pavel). Pavel and Bruno talk in secret and soon become good friends. In the end, they finally decide to meet up on the other side of the fence, Pavel is a Jew in a concentration camp. The reading level of this book is low as it is an easy book to read, I personally didn't love this book but it was not bad, many people have liked it so I recommend it if you like historical fiction books.   (Elsa, Grade 7)

Rating: 2/5

Vocabulary Difficulty: 1/5

The boy in the striped pyjamas by John Boyne shows the horrible history of the Nazis and the Jews in the time of the Holocaust. A little boy named Bruno has to move from a big city to a petite house because of his fathers work demands, little does Bruno know that his house is next to a concentration camp. Bruno meets another little boy named Shmuel form the other side of the fence. The main genres of this book are historical fiction and realistic fiction. I think the author showed Bruno's thoughts and point of view well, they made sure that you could tell Bruno had no idea about what was going on behind that fence. This book definitely takes patience to read, but I think its worth it. This book is also quite depressing so if you get emotional easily, I wouldn't recommend it - but, if you like reading about important historical events and you like sad books; this is the one for you!  (Mandalay, Grade 7)

Rating: 5/5

Vocabulary Difficulty: 1/5

The book, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne is a historical fiction about a family during WW2. The main story is about a family, that has moved next to a concentration camp. Also, there were kids in the family. But one of them has escape the house and went to the concentration camp. The parents definitely didn't like that and the kid was making friends there. In my opinion, (think I don’t fit that well with Historical fiction) I felt that this book is slow. It is not that boring, but the story was slower than the books I enjoyed. So, think this is the problem with this book. But if you have tons of time and a lot of patients, and if you are interested in WW2 or more specifically, the holocaust you will enjoy this book. For me, it wasn’t my style. (Youngmin, Grade 7)

Rating: 2/5

Vocabulary Difficulty: 1/5

I read the boy in striped pyjamas it was historical fiction it is a very sad book were a boy leaves home bercasube his dad is in the army so he has to leave home and go to the middle of know were to live in a small house when he get there he unpacking and notices a farm so he thinks it a farm were it actually a concentration camp but he thinks it a farm hs country is in a serous war and there not letting everyone live their life because they dont dont believe jewish people are good people but not the boy anyway his parents forbid him from going to the camp saying the people there are different the notice that the people at the camp were striped pyjamas anyway later on he meets one of the house servants and notice he was from the the camp listening to his mother word he keep an eye on the man later on he notice that the man from the camp is nice and his name is peval. It gets the boy wondering why people say there bad when there really not that bad so he sneaks out of the house a travel to the cap when he is stopped by a tall, tall fence and sees a young boy on the other side named samuel they talk every day and eventually the boy realised how bad the camp really is but one day he sees his dad having a presentation wit some of the puther army men and it a fake video of how nice the camp is so now the boy thinks te camp is a nice place so one day he gets an idea to sneak in the camp with smaul plus smaul papa went missing in there do there gonna go looking in there for him. The day they get in there they get taken by some guards and pood in a chamber. I'm not going to spoil any more but they die in the end. I really enjoyed this book i would rate it ten out of ten. (Oliver Grade 7)

Rating: 5/5

Vocabulary Difficulty: 3/5

The boy in the striped pajamas is a book about a little family in Germany who was working for Hitler and moved from a busy fun town to a small little house somewhere in the woods next to the concentration camp due to the father's work orders. If you read this book, you will find it very sad and interesting, especially the story's ending. This is also a very good book if you wanna learn about a different family's point of view during WWII and it will get you questioning a lot of things such as; “how stupid could the parents be to move their kids next to a concentration camp?” or “why couldn’t the parents get there in time to save their son”. If I’m being honest, this book has a lot of details which made the book seem longer to me but if you’re into or interested in books like that, I would totally recommend this book. And if you get tired of reading the book, there is an official movie about it that tells the exact same story. In my opinion, this book could change your whole point of view in life.  (Lilly. Grade 7)

Rating: 5/5

Vocabulary Difficulty: 2/5