| ISBN |
9780241447420 paperback |
| Name |
Trewin, Anna adapter. |
| Title |
The boy in the striped pyjamas / John Boyne ; retold by Anna Trewin ; illustrated by David Shephard. |
| Edition |
Penguin Readers edition. |
| Published |
London, UK : Penguin Books, 2020. |
| ©2020 |
| Description |
79 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Notes |
Lexile measure 590L. |
| Includes comprehensive questions and activities. |
| Summary |
One day, Bruno's father gets a new job, and the family have to move from Berlin, Germany, to a new place. There is a strange camp at the end of the garden. Bruno is very unhappy and bored until he meets Shmuel. The two boys become very good friends. But why is Shmuel in the camp? And why is he wearing striped pyjamas? |
| Target audience note |
13+ years. |
| Reading Program Note |
Level 4. CEFR level: A2+. 1200 headwords. |
| Subjects |
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Fiction |
| Friendship -- Fiction |
| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction |
| English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers |
| Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc |
| Readers for new literates |
| Berlin (Germany) -- Fiction |
| Genre |
War sories |
| Historical fiction |
| Adaptations |
| Readers (Publications) |
| Easy to read (green : intermediate) |
| Other Names |
Shephard, David (Illustrator) illustrator. |
| Adaptation of (work): Boyne, John, 1971- Boy in the striped pyjamas. |
| Series |
Penguin readers. Level 4 |
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