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The likelihood is you've heard of, if not read this book already. I'm a little late to the party on this one. While I'd heard numerous good things about it, I felt it may be a little too emotive for me. A children's book about the Holocaust told from the point of view of a 9 year old has the potential to be so! While what happens is not surprising, it makes it no less moving. However, I do have one quite big issue with it. I didn't actually find it believable. If Bruno is remotely as intelligent as he seems to be then surely he would have sensed something was going on. Ultimately though, Bruno's convenient naivety doesn't really impact the narrative. The ending of this little book was always going to be same. There would be no point to it otherwise.Full review here