AUTHOR: John Boyne (Ireland) (2006)
NOTES: A perfect beginners introduction to the topic, and pertinent to any age child studying the 2nd World War, written from the perspective (and in the language) of a 9-year old boy. It also lends itself to discussion, as much of the detail is only alluded to (people falling down and not getting up, people disappearing after going on marches) and exact names are not used ("the Fury" and "Out-With"); a 9-y.o. reporting on something he doesn't fully understand.
ISSUES: friendship, family, the holocaust (death, starvation, etc).
PLOT: Written from the perspective of 9-year-old Bruno whose father is a commandant in the German army and assigned to work at a concentration camp, living in a house just outside the fence of the camp. Bruno ends up befriending a Jewish boy through the fence.
AGE: For ages 9-109, but intellectually and emotionally the child needs to be mature enough to process it.
GENRE: Historical Fiction. RATING: 5 stars
NOTES: A perfect beginners introduction to the topic, and pertinent to any age child studying the 2nd World War, written from the perspective (and in the language) of a 9-year old boy. It also lends itself to discussion, as much of the detail is only alluded to (people falling down and not getting up, people disappearing after going on marches) and exact names are not used ("the Fury" and "Out-With"); a 9-y.o. reporting on something he doesn't fully understand.
ISSUES: friendship, family, the holocaust (death, starvation, etc).
PLOT: Written from the perspective of 9-year-old Bruno whose father is a commandant in the German army and assigned to work at a concentration camp, living in a house just outside the fence of the camp. Bruno ends up befriending a Jewish boy through the fence.
AGE: For ages 9-109, but intellectually and emotionally the child needs to be mature enough to process it.
GENRE: Historical Fiction. RATING: 5 stars
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