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Bruno is a nine-year old living in Berlin and Shmuel is a nine-year-old living in Auschwitz. They become friends. The author wants us to buy that Bruno had never heard the word Jew before and Shmuel wouldn't have been killed as soon as he set foot in Auschwitz. Those are some serious alternative facts. You can't ignore that much reality just to make your story work.
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How could a 9-yr old be SO blind? Clueless, ego-centric. Worth the read for a different perspective of the Halocaust.
A good friend of mine lent me this novel and I couldn't put it down, (although I had to as I started it in my lunkch break!) I read this in less than two hours and found it chilling, clever and sad. I won't tell you what the story is about as it doesn't even tell you on the blurb, but I would urge you to read it! A simple yet amazing novel.
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