The Lottery Rose
Irene Hunt - Author
ISBN 9780425101537 | 192 pages | 15 Oct 1986 | Berkley | 4.33 x 6.65in | 18 - AND UP
Summary of The Lottery Rose
Summary of The Lottery Rose
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An Excerpt from The Lottery Rose
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The Newbery Award winning author of Across Five Aprils and Up a Road Slowly presents the story of a young boy from a troubled family who learns what it means to love…
“A deeply affecting, affirmative story.”—
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The Lottery Rose Abused by his mother and her boyfriend, Georgie Burgess learns to hide his hurt. He withdraws into a safe and secret world of beautiful gardens filled with roses—just like those in the library book he treasures. When Georgie wins a small rosebush in a grocery store lottery he gives it all the love and caring he’s never had. Georgie’s life begins to open up for him when the courts send him to a home for boys where he will be safe. Slowly, and not without pain, Georgie learns to give—and to receive—love… |
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