The boy in the striped pajamas [DVD]

Title:

Summary:

Set in Poland during World War II. Innocent and naive 8-year-old Bruno is bored and restless in his new home. Ignoring his mother, he sets off on an adventure in the woods. He comes across a high fence which separates him from the people he can see through it. Soon he meets a young boy in striped pajamas, and a surprising friendship develops.

Year Published:

2008-2009

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Contents:

Bonus features: "Friendship beyond the fence" featurette (ca. 20 min.) ; Optional audio feature commentary by writer/director Mark Herman and author John Boyne ; Deleted scenes with optional commentary by writer/director Mark Herman and author John Boyne.

Grade Interest level:

Young Adult

Personal Subject:

Boyne, John, 1971-

Corporate Subject:

Auschwitz (Concentration camp). -- Fiction

Subject:

Boys -- Poland -- Fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction.

Concentration camps -- Poland -- Fiction.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Fiction.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Fiction.