Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

This book shows the horrors of Auschwitz through the innocent eyes of a child. Although, I'm glad I read the book but I found the part where Bruno and Shmuel go off to the gas chamber together deeply upsetting. All the time I was reading it, I kept willing someone to realise that Bruno was in there and somehow manage to save the two boys.
You would have to be very careful about which children you shared this book with even in Key Stage 3 as it is it is a very powerful and moving story.

Angela Thompson Hayes Primary School