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The boy in the striped pajamas : a fable / by John Boyne.

Boyne, John, 1971- (author.).

Summary:

"Berlin 1942. When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences."--Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385751079
  • ISBN: 9780385751070
  • ISBN: 0385751060
  • ISBN: 9780385751063
  • ISBN: 0385751532
  • ISBN: 9780385751537
  • ISBN: 9780385751896
  • ISBN: 0385751893
  • ISBN: 9780385610551
  • ISBN: 0385610556
  • Physical Description: 215 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Oxford ; David Fickling Books, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes questions for discussion.
Publisher and pagination may vary.
Target Audience Note:
1000L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.7 7 109203.
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.8 7 109203.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning UG 5.8 7.
Awards Note:
Man Booker Prize, 2006, considered
Subject: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Internment camps > Poland > Fiction.
Nazi concentration camps > Poland > Fiction.
Nazis > Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Fiction.
Friendships.
Genre: Young adult fiction.

Available copies

  • 77 of 88 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 8 of 9 copies available at Sandhill Regional Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 88 total copies.
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Hamlet Public Library YA FIC BOYNE (Text) 58198000612351 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Hampton B. Allen Library YA FIC BOYNE (Text) 18198000393597 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Hoke County Public Library YA FIC BOYNE (Text) 28198000127647 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Kemp Sugg Memorial Library YA FIC BOYNE (Text) 58198000851785 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Leath Memorial Library YAFIC BOYNE (Text) 58198000424195 Young Adult Fiction Checked out 04/21/2025
Leath Memorial Library YAFIC BOYNE (Text) 58198000687965 Young Adult Storage Fiction Available -
Leath Memorial Library YAFIC BOYNE (Text) 58198000688005 Young Adult Storage Fiction Available -
Montgomery County Public Library JFIC BOYNE (Text) 38198000077063 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Page Memorial Library YA FIC BOYNE (Text) 48198040017382 Young Adult Fiction Available -
BHM Headquarters Library YA FIC (Text) 38344101271094 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Bailey Public Library YA BOYNE (Text) 540191002419905 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Belhaven Public Library YA FIC (Text) 38344101271136 Adult Fiction Available -
Berea Library YA FIC BOYNE (Text) 42756201299127 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Bethlehem Branch YA F Boyne (Text) 34269000869470 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Black Mountain Library YA BOY (Text) 0020507825642 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Bladen Main Branch J FIC BOY (Text) 30441100509306 Juvenile Fiction Paperback Checked out 05/06/2025
Braswell Memorial Main Library YA BOYNE (Text) 37807000015702 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Bunn Branch YA/Boyne (Text) 72350000073363 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library J BOY (Text) 22281500017597 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 04/23/2025
Coats Public Library J F Boy (Text) 33630003890857 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Danbury Public Library JF BOYNE (Text) 80001000775719 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Denton Public Library YA B (Text) 25908005259879 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Dobson Community Library JF BOYNE (Text) 80001000775701 Juvenile Fiction Available -
East Bend Public Library JF BOYNE (Text) 80001000775693 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Eden Library YA Paperback (Text) 31554010469962 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Elkin Public Library JF BOYNE (Text) 80001000771197 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Fairview Library YA BOY (Text) 0020506678273 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Fairview Library YA BOY (Text) 0020513019941 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Farmville Public Library YA F BOY (Text) 23900000094486 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Gunn Memorial Public Library YA F BOY (Text) 34621704685372 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Halifax Main Library J F BOYNE HAL 1 (Text)
Public Note: Battle of the Books 2009 list
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Harnett County Main Library J F Boy (Text) 33630003640195 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 04/02/2025
Henderson Main Branch BOY (Text) 33258008136744 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library YA Boyne (Text) 39523000017521 Young Adult Fiction Checked out 07/01/2025
J.C. Holliday Library F Boyne (Text) 810191001655730 Adult Fiction Available -
Jackson County Public Library J BOYNE (Text) 39493105789590 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library J BOYNE (Text) 39149008170136 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Lee County Main Library YA FIC BOYNE (Text) 33262003133581 Young Adult Fiction Checked out 05/13/2025
Leicester Library YA BOY (Text) 0020507695193 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Leland Library YA FIC BOY (Text) 31423621182929 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Lenoir Library J BOYNE John (Text) 50669012728706 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 05/06/2025
Madison-Mayodan Public Library YA Paperback (Text) 31554010469970 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Margaret and James Harper, Jr. Library YA FIC BOY (Text) 31421621222893 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Marion Library YA BOY (Text) 37810435534663 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Mauney Memorial Library J BOY (Text) 26280862004227 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Mocksville YAF BOYNE (Text) 39872001288304 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Mooneyham Public Library YA Boy (Text) 30113100073621 Young Adult Fiction Checked out 04/22/2025
Murphy Public Library J BOY (Text) 80605000127729 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Newport YA F BOY (Text) 34208203037485 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Norris Public Library YA Boy (Text) 30254100418786 Young Adult Fiction Available -