Nine-year-oldBrunoknowsnothingoftheFinalSolutionandtheHolocaust.HeisoblivioustotheappallingcrueltiesbeinginflictedonthepeopleofEuropebyhiscountry.AllheknowsisthathehasbeenmovedfromacomfortablehomeinBerlintoahouseinadesolateareawherethereisnothingtodoandnoonetoplaywith.UntilhemeetsShmuel,aboywholivesastrangeparallelexistenceontheothersideoftheadjoiningwirefenceandwho,liketheotherpeoplethere,wearsauniformofstripedpyjamas.
Bruno’sfriendshipwithShmuelwilltakehimfrominnocencetorevelation.Andinexploringwhatheisunwittinglyapartof,hewillinevitablybecomesubsumedbytheterribleprocess.
STRIPED PAJAMAS NINE BRUNO YEAR