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The Boy In The Striped Pajamas Personal Response

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas I read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, written by John Boyne, This book is about the holocaust, it’s a very sad story about what happened way back. During world war 2, 8 year old Bruno and his family left their house too move close to the concentration camp. The reason they moved is because, there father has just become commanded. One day Bruno was lonely and decided too wander out behind his house, He came upon a boy whose name is shumule, a jewish boy his age. Though a barbed wire fence separated them, they became really good friends, a as some would say a forbidden friendship. This book is not similar to me at all. It really made me think about what people went through. For example the worst thing is that

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