Lottery Rose

by Irene Hunt

Overview

Abused by his mother and her boyfriend, Georgie Burgess withdraws into a safe and secret world of beautiful gardens filled with roses, just like those in the library book he treasures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812470543
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/1989
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	10 - 13 Years

About the Author

Irene Hunt is the author of many distinguished books for young people. Her first novel, Across Five Aprils, was a Newberry Honor Book and received a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. For her second novel, Up a Road Slowly, Ms. Hunt was awarded the Newberry Medal. Ms. Hunt was born in southern Illinois and has received degrees from the University of Illinois and the University of Colorado. For many years she taught in the public schools of northern Illinois, and later she taught psychology at the University of South Dakota. Ms. Hunt now lives in Florida.

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“A deeply affecting, affirmative story.”— Booklist

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A deeply affecting, affirmative story.”—Booklist

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