Room on the Roof The (R/J)

A classic coming-of-age story which has held generations of readers spellbound!Rusty a sixteen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy is orphaned and has to live with his English guardian in the claustrophobic European part in Dehra Dun. Unhappy with the strict ways of his guardian Rusty runs away from home to live with his Indian friends. Plunging for the first time into the dream-bright world of the bazaar Hindu festivals and other aspects of Indian life Rusty is enchanted … and is lost forever to the prim proprieties of the European community.Written when the author was himself seventeen this moving story of love and friendship with a new introduction and illustrations will be enjoyed by a whole new generation of readers. About the Author Born in Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh) in 1934 Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar (Gujarat) Dehradun New Delhi and Shimla. His first novel The Room on the Roof which was written when he was seventeen received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written over 500 short stories essays and novellas (including Vagrants in the Valley and A Flight of Pigeons) and more than forty books for children. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for English writing in India in 1992 the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Delhi government's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He lives in Landour Mussoorie with his extended family.