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Recommended by Ms. CHAN Nga-yan


Imagine you lived in an eleven-by-eleven-foot room and you could never leave it for your entire life. How would you feel?
To five-year-old Jack, Room is THE WORLD. It’s where he was born; it’s where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. It’s his entire WORLD, except when Old Nick came that little Jack had to stay inside WARDROBE, not to be seen.
Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it’s the prison where she’s been held since she was nineteen. She still hopes to be able to escape from this hell, but day after day, and with Jack, she wonders if she can really leave it alive.
This emotionally powerful story of Jack and Ma, held in captivity for seven years, is both a heart-wrenching testament to the power of the love between a mother and her child and a fascinating story of overcoming horrible circumstances. This book is one of those that you will remember reading your entire life, as you will be altered by the experience.