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´Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be discovered. Like America. And other things are probably better off left alone´Nine-year-old Bruno has a lot of things on his mind. Who is the ´Fury´? Why did he make them leave their nice home in Berlin to go to ´Out-With´ ? And who are all the sad people in striped pyjamas on the other side of the fence? The grown-ups won´t explain so Bruno decides there is only one thing for it - he will have to explore this place alone. What he discovers is a new friend. A boy with the very same birthday. A boy in striped pyjamas. But why can´t they ever play together?

BACKSTORY: Read an interview with the author JOHN BOYNE and learn all about the Second World War in Germany.

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John Boyne was born in Ireland in 1971. He is the author of ten novels for adults, five for young readers and a collection of short stories. Perhaps best known for his 2006 multi-award-winning book The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, John´s other novels, notably The Absolutist and A History of Loneliness, have been widely praised and are international bestsellers. In 2015, John chaired the panel for the Giller Prize, Canada´s most prestigious literary award. The Heart´s Invisible Furies is his most ambitious novel yet.

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