Dark Room Etiquette
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4.5 • 8 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
We Were Liars meets Room in this masterfully plotted psychological thriller from the critically acclaimed author of A List of Cages, Robin Roe.
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD SAYERS WAYTE HAS EVERYTHING.
Popularity, good looks, perfect grades—there's nothing Sayers' family money can't buy.
Until he's kidnapped by a man who tells him the privileged life he's been living is based on a lie.
Trapped in a windowless room, without knowing why he's been taken or how long the man plans to keep him shut away, Sayers faces a terrifying new reality. To survive, he must forget the world he once knew, and play the part his abductor has created for him.
But as time passes, the line between fact and fiction starts to blur, and Sayers begins to wonder if he can escape . . . before he loses himself.
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Roe (A List of Cages) offers an intense, mind-bending thriller about a privileged teenager struggling to cope with his kidnapping and its aftermath. Sixteen-year-old Texan Sayers Wayte is rich, arrogant, and always knows what to say to get himself out of trouble. He lives a life of luxury until, lost on a rural road, he is kidnapped by Caleb, a man who claims that Sayers is actually his long-lost son, Daniel. Locked in a house and shackled to a bed, Sayers endures emotional manipulation while navigating Caleb's erratic personality. To survive, he plays along, assuming the role of Daniel, but Sayers's perception of his real self begins to warp amid the masquerade. When Caleb leaves town for a few days, Sayers is left with an unsuspecting chaperone, and the two uncover startling truths. Roe expertly cultivates suspense and intrigue across three distinct acts, which detail Sayers's personality before, during, and after his kidnapping. The propulsive climax gives way to a reflective resolution that provides a clear-eyed picture of one teen's experience with PTSD. Characters cue as white; an author's note details Roe's inspiration. Ages 14–up.
