477 pages
English language
Published Sept. 21, 2010 by Little, Brown.
477 pages
English language
Published Sept. 21, 2010 by Little, Brown.
A five-year-old narrates a story about his life growing up in a single room where his mother aims to protect him from the man who has held her prisoner for seven years since she was a teenager.
Jack has spent his life in a small space his mother calls Room, and while Jack uses his imagination to create fantasies to entertain himself, his mother finds a way for them to escape. The plot contains disturbing scenes of violence and confinement.