<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Vagrants in the Valley </Td> </Tr> <P> The Room on the Roof is a novel written by Ruskin Bond . It was Bond's first literary venture . The novel revolves around Rusty, an orphaned seventeen - year - old Anglo - Indian boy living in Dehradun . Due to his guardian, Mr. Harrison's strict ways, he runs away from his home to live with his Indian friends . Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957 . </P> <P> Rusty, a seventeen - year old Anglo - Indian boy, is orphaned and has to live with Mr. Harrison in the European area of Dehradun . Being unhappy with Mr. Harrison's stern behaviour and constant efforts of turning him into an Englishman, Rusty runs away from his home . He meets a group of Indian kids (Somi, Ranbir and Suri) and is enchanted by the Indian customs, festivals and foods (golgappa and patties). Soon he realizes that life on his own is not going to be as easy as he had perceived . Somi gets Rusty a job at Mr. Kapoor's house, to teach a boy - Kishen in the neighbourhood and in return he is given a room of their attic for shelter . Later he develops a liking for Meena, Kishen's mother . But because of a trip she dies. After a period of grief then Rusty and Kishen live together happily . </P>

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