Would you wear your pajamas all day, every day? There is a young boy who sits at the end of a fence, day by day. A boy with no hair who wears striped pajamas. If you saw someone as weird as this boy, would you dare to speak to him?

“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” is a thrilling book that makes you want to keep on reading until you finish. If you like reading books that make you wonder what’s going to happen next, then “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” is the book for you!

Things aren’t the same as they used to be for 9 year old Bruno. He is a young boy who used to live in Berlin, but is forced to move to a place called ‘Out With’. His family moves to ‘Out With’ because of Bruno’s dad’s job. He is involved with ‘the fury’. As you read the book, you will go with Bruno on his Journey to ‘Out with’ and sooner or later, you will arrive with Bruno at a mysterious fence. As you get to the fence, the plot thickens. Bruno travels down to the fence and confronts a little boy sitting next to the fence with crossed legs. This boy is not the same as every other kid that Bruno has seen. The first thing Bruno notices about this kid is that he has no hair, and seems to be wearing a really old pair of striped pajamas. Pajamas? In the middle of the day? As the reader, I did not know what was going to happen next, this strange little boy made me want to keep reading.

As the days went by, Bruno kept going down to the fence. The same boy was always sitting there, wearing the same clothes every day. Eventually Bruno started talking to this boy. His name was Schmuel. Bruno told Schmuel to climb over the fence to play, but this fence was way too high to climb. There are all different types of fences all over the world, but I have never seen one that is too high to climb. I’m not going to tell you what happens next, but I hope you never have to experience a fence like this.

I really enjoyed this book because I can relate to Bruno. When I was 9, I also liked to explore new things and go on adventures, nothing as bad as what Bruno encountered though. Honestly, I am not much of a reader, but I could not stop reading “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas”. I was engaged enough to keep on reading this book because it is so interesting and it just glues your eyes to the book. This book uses a lot of descriptive language, so when you read through the book, it almost feels like you’re with Bruno going along his journey with him. This book is very thrilling and intriguing. I’d rate the book “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” a 4 out of 5 stars.

Nick, Year 9, 2013.