The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Published 2006 · 224 pages · 61,600 words · about 3 hours at an average pace
How hard is The Boy in the Striped Pajamas to read?
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas scores 22 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it relatively accessible. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.
Where the story of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas takes place
- Auschwitz concentration camp, WWII (1942 to 1945), the main setting