Age
12+
Grade
5+
Irene Hunt
The Lottery Rose
Paperback
(Berkley Jan. 8, 2002)
, Reissue edition
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…
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...
- ISBN
- 0425182797 / 9780425182796
- Pages
- 181
- Weight
- 3.5 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.2 x 0.5
in.