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4.0

I finally got around to reading this modern classic and I wasn’t disappointed. 

It’s told from the perspective from 9-year-old Bruno so there’s a play on the innocence/ignorance of Bruno as an outsider looking in. Yet it’s not exactly a children’s book. 

For those who don’t know, this is an Auschwitz story. We see the duality of Bruno’s life as the commander’s son versus that of 9-year-old Schmuel who is a prisoner at Auschwitz.