Talk:The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

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Assessment comments The following comments were left by the assessors: (edit · refresh) I have recently read The Boy In The Striped Pajamas and I have found an error. It is not true that Gretel tells Bruno that the people on the other side of the fence are Jews and they are opposite us. It was actually Shmuel who tells him which people live on the other side of the fence and how he and the others lived, endured and came into Aushwitz. Can someone please edit it because I just signed up 5 minutes ago and I don't know how to edit yet. Thank you. --Errormarker (talk) 09:31, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

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I made a little change on this article because this is not the first Holocaust novel written for children. Not sure what the first was, but I know Carol Matas has written a few, including Turned Away.Bjones 13:22, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, according to the Post link, "It is Boyne’s first children’s book, and the first novel written specifically for children about the Holocaust" so I'm not sure either. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 17:42, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I would guess at a research slip in writing the Post article. It is rare, but not a first as far as I can tell.Bjones 00:42, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

That's ridiculous; here's a bibliography that lists 23 children's fiction books on this topic! --Orange Mike 14:37, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not for kids

It's a really good, moving book. But it's not for children at all! I wouldn't say so: and neither does in blurb on the inside. 84.70.192.95 15:09, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, apparently about half the reviewers think it is a children's book, and some of them praise it as such.--Orange Mike 00:53, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

I think this book is certainly suitable for children,as i have just read it and i am 12 years old and thought that it was a superb book that could be read by some children that are quite mature or adults i think it is a total matter of preference as some children enjoy books like this that have a gripping tale that also teaches them about the different problems that happened in world war 2 that they might never have learned about otherwise.

[edit] Spoiler warning

Not having a spoiler warning in this article is a sad case of obedience to authority (or rather "consensus", as it is called here) not unlike the phenomena described in the book, especially if one considers the fact that, as it is mentioned, the author "was angry when The Guardian revealed the ending in their review". Well, Wikipedia does almost the same. <KF> 17:08, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spoiler tags

Please and thank you. 80.193.1.106 (talk) 21:53, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

HEY! Why wasn't there a spoiler warning on the plot summary!!! How annoying! -Me —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.96.248.211 (talk) 15:45, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.138.172.79 (talk) 15:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)