If Caleb is to get close enough to strike, he must become the very thing he abhors and kidnap a beautiful girl to train her to be all that he once was.Įighteen-year-old Olivia Ruiz has just woken up in a strange place. Finally, the architect of his suffering has emerged with a new identity, but not a new nature. For twelve years he has immersed himself in the world of pleasure slaves searching for the one man he holds ultimately responsible. Kidnapped as a young boy and sold into slavery by a power-hungry mobster, he has thought of nothing but vengeance. lessĬaleb is a man with a singular interest in revenge. Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits. It is where he was born and grew up it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. Told in the inventive, funny, and poignant voice of Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience-and a powerful story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible. To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world.

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