Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
General Note
Originally published in a slightly different form by David Fickling Books in 2006.
Content Note
Introduction -- Bruno Makes a Discovery -- The New House -- The Hopeless Case -- What They Saw Through the Window -- Out Of Bounds At All Times And No Exceptions -- The Overpaid Maid -- How Mother Took Credit for Something That She Hadn't Done -- Why Grandmother Stormed Out -- Bruno Remembers That He Used to Enjoy Exploration -- The Dot That Became a Speck That Became a Blob That Became a Figure That Became a Boy -- The Fury -- Shmuel Thinks of an Answer to Bruno's Question -- The Bottle of Wine -- Bruno Tells a Perfectly Reasonable Lie -- Something He Shouldn't Have Done -- The Haircut -- Mother Gets Her Own Way -- Thinking Up the Final Adventure -- What Happened the Next Day -- The Last Chapter.