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The Room on the Roof

The Room on the Roof

A Graphic Novel Adaptation | Celebrating 70 Years of Ruskin Bond's Most Beloved Book | Gorgeous Colour Illustrations | Premium Paperback | Themes of Friendship, Family & Coming of Age | Ages 13+

Ruskin Bond
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Ruskin Bond’s beloved coming-of-age story The Room on the Roof returns as a landmark graphic novel adaptation, freshly illustrated for today’s readers.

Sixteen-year-old Rusty runs away from his strict English guardian’s house to rent a room on the roof in Dehradun and live with his Indian friends. In the process, he exchanges oppressive rules for joyful freedom and discovers a world of true friendship, innocent first love and a profound understanding of the self.

Set against the foothills of the Himalayas in post-Independence India, this special anniversary edition transforms Bond’s lyrical prose into an immersive visual journey.

Ideal for readers who love literary graphic novels, this collectible volume is both a gateway to Bond’s world and a tribute to a novel that has shaped generations.

Imprint: India Penguin

Published: Nov/2026

ISBN: 9789377301071 (Paperback)

Length : 136 Pages

MRP : ₹699.00

The Room on the Roof

A Graphic Novel Adaptation | Celebrating 70 Years of Ruskin Bond's Most Beloved Book | Gorgeous Colour Illustrations | Premium Paperback | Themes of Friendship, Family & Coming of Age | Ages 13+

Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond’s beloved coming-of-age story The Room on the Roof returns as a landmark graphic novel adaptation, freshly illustrated for today’s readers.

Sixteen-year-old Rusty runs away from his strict English guardian’s house to rent a room on the roof in Dehradun and live with his Indian friends. In the process, he exchanges oppressive rules for joyful freedom and discovers a world of true friendship, innocent first love and a profound understanding of the self.

Set against the foothills of the Himalayas in post-Independence India, this special anniversary edition transforms Bond’s lyrical prose into an immersive visual journey.

Ideal for readers who love literary graphic novels, this collectible volume is both a gateway to Bond’s world and a tribute to a novel that has shaped generations.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Ruskin Bond

Born in Kasauli, in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, 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, and over seventy books for children.

He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for English writing in India in 1992, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. He lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with his extended family.

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