Summary

Young Bruno lives a priveleged lifestyle in Germany along with his mother, older sister, and army Commandant father. The family re-locates to the countryside where his father is assigned to be a commandeer in a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another child, strangely dressed in striped pajamas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electric fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews.
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