The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
by John BoyneNine year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution or the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the ap
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"Sunshine, plenty of food, and nice uncles and aunties to look after you...
That's what Hilly and the other children in her English orphanage are promised when the are shipped to Australia to begin a new life.
The reality turns out to be very different. Hilly and her little brother Egg are seperated, and she finds herself in another orphanage where life is harsh and often cruel.
When the first Royal Tour of Australia is announced, Hilly concocts a daring plan to meet Her Majesty and enlist her help in finding Egg
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