8/13/2020 35 Ruskin Bond Books That Will Blow Your Mind (Best Short Stories Too)

1. The Room on the Roof

Room on the Roof is about an orphaned seventeen-year-old Anglo-

Indian boy named Rusty who has no real family after his parents’
death.

Even though he lives with his guardian Mr. John Harrison, he doesn’t
feel at home and due to his guardian’s strict ways, he runs away from
his home to live with his Indian friends.

While seeing many things about India such as customs, bazaars and
diversity, he feels good about being in India. Soon, he gets a job
teaching English to a boy named Kishen, in return for a tiny room on

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