The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Language: English
Publisher: RHCB
Published: Sep 15, 2010
Words:
47377
Flesch:
85.91
DDC:
FIC
FAST Tags:
Friendship,
Jews,
Germany--Berlin,
Nazis,
Auschwitz (Concentration camp),
Poland,
Nazi concentration camps,
Children of Nazis
LCC:
PR6102.O96
Book Details
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Description:
Bruno has a friend called Shmuel. Like Bruno, Shmuel is nine years old. Their birthdays are on the same day. But Shmuel lives on the other side of a fence, and he's always wearing striped pyjamas...
Based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a heart-wrenching tale of an unlikely friendship between two innocent boys. Angus Jackson's deeply affecting adaptation was produced by The Children's Touring Partnership and Chichester Festival Theatre on a UK tour in 2015.
'Heart-breaking... A marvelous piece of theatre' - The Public Reviews
'Parents and teachers looking for a good way of introducing children to the horrors of the holocaust will find what they need in this adaptation of John Boyne's multimillion-selling novel' - The Times