What is this book about?

Question:

What is this book about?

"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: This book is a story about a nine year old boy struggling to understand what is happening around him in Auschwitz during World War II.

The main character, a nine year-old boy, is the son of a commander near Jewish concentration camps. He has a strong headed sister (the Hopeless Case). They live in a five story mansion, but are one day suddenly moved to a place called Out-with (Auschwitz).[4] Bruno, the boy, outraged by his father's decision to move to Out-with, and desperate to go home, spends his time in his room with no friends. He is also annoyed by the fact that they live in a three storey house instead of their old five-storey mansion, and with such a small space, there isn't any room for exploration (apparently a hobby of Bruno's) to be done. He also misses sliding down the banister in their old house.