The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006)

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2006 Holocaust novel by Irish novelist John Boyne.

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“"One afternoon, when Bruno came home from school, he was surprised to find Maria, the family's maid, packing up all his things."”

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