Room by Emma Donoghue (Little, Brown, 2010)
Written from the point of view of a five-year-old boy, this highly acclaimed novel tells the story of a woman held captive for seven years by a kidnapper who gets her pregnant with her beloved son, Jack. Jack’s perspective on the world is skewed as he only knows the 11 x 11 “room” in which they are imprisoned, leaving him with the limited scope of what he understands to be “real,” what’s on TV and what’s “outside.” In order to orchestrate their escape, little Jack is “scave” – scared and brave together – but this strength is the means by which they survive and are able to emerge into the world again (8/10).
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