'Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be
discovered. Like America. And 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' ? And 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 and learn all about
the Second World War in Germany."