A review by writing_apprentice
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne

2.0

Is it a good book? Definitely! Is it a book that is a decent resource for students? Debatable. Is it a book that will have you ugly crying on the train at 1am because you read it on a late night train home? For sure! It was, to me, a very sad story. As a historian of sorts, it's definitely not accurate as to what a child would know at that time, but this cluelessness on the part of the main character can help children reading the book to understand it. I can't comment on whether it's culturally sensitive because I'm not Jewish, but I do think that if you get sucked into books easily, then this will definitely make you feel something by the end.