Habitación
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Doral, Fla. : Alfaguara :, [2011].
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9788420406619, 8420406619
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Published
Doral, Fla. : Alfaguara :, [2011].
Format
Book
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379 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
Spanish
ISBN
9788420406619, 8420406619

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"Para Jack, un niño de cinco años, Room (Habitación) is el mundo entero, el lugar donde nació, donde come, juega y aprende. Por la noche, Mamá lo pone a dormir en el Armario, por viene el Viejo Nick ... Para su madre, Room (Habitación)es el cubículo donde lleva siete años encerrada. Con gran tesón e ingenio, ha creado en ese reducido espacio una vida para su hijo, y su amor por él es lo único que le permite soportar lo insoportable. Pero la curiosidad de uno crece a la par que la desesperación de la otra. Sólo queda urdir la huida, un plan más arriesgado de lo que ambos puedan imaginar."--Publisher's description.
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Narrator Jack and his mother, who was kidnapped seven years earlier when she was a 19-year-old college student, celebrate his fifth birthday. They live in a tiny, 11-foot-square soundproofed cell in a converted shed in the kidnapper's yard. The sociopath, whom Jack has dubbed Old Nick, visits at night, grudgingly doling out food and supplies. But Ma, as Jack calls her, proves to be resilient and resourceful--and attempts a nail-biting escape.
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Text in Spanish.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Donoghue, E., & Vázquez Nacarino, E. (2011). Habitación . Alfaguara :.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Donoghue, Emma, 1969- and Eugenia. Vázquez Nacarino. 2011. Habitación. Alfaguara.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Donoghue, Emma, 1969- and Eugenia. Vázquez Nacarino. Habitación Alfaguara, 2011.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Donoghue, Emma, and Eugenia Vázquez Nacarino. Habitación Alfaguara :, 2011.

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