' Some things are just sitting there minding their own business waiting to be discovered Like America & other things are probably better off left alone' Nine-year-old Bruno has a lot of things on his mind Who is the ' Fury'? Why did he make them leave their nice home in Berlin to go to ' Out-With' ? & who are all the sad people in striped pyjamas on the other side of the fence? The grown-ups won't explain so Bruno decides there is only one thing for it
- he will have to explore this place alone What he discovers is a new friend A boy with the very same birthday A boy in striped pyjamas But why can't they ever play together?BACKSTORY Read an interview with the author JOHN BOYNE & learn all about the Second World War in Germany