The Boy in the Striped Pajamas cover

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Author: Boyne, John

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 5.8
Points 7.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 46778
Points per Word 0.00015
Page Count 334
Points per Page 0.020958

Description

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. Text contains violence and ethnic slurs.