Highly recommended for historical fiction fans. The book portrays the Holocaust through the eyes of an innocent child, giving a unique and emotional perspective to the tragedy. The novel's heartbreaking ending will leave readers with a lasting impact and deeper understanding of the horrors of Auschwitz.

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• Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award for Intermediate (2009)
• Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Preis der Jugendjury (2008)
• Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award for John Murray Show Listeners' Choice Award (2007)
• Waterstones Children's Book Prize Nominee (2006)
• LovelyBooks Leserpreis Nominee for Allgemeine Literatur (2009)
• Premi Protagonista Jove for Categoria 15-16 anys (2008)

The story of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is very difficult to describe. Usually we give some clues about the book on the back cover, but in this case we think that would spoil the reading of the book. We think it is important that you start to read without knowing what it is about.If you do start to read this book, you will go on a journey with a nine-year-old boy called 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 such a fence.--back flap