num_pages: 160
description: "Two of the things Benjamin Hunter received for his twelfth birthday took him completely by surprise: A room and a letter. The room was from his parents. The letter was from his uncle."Ben was just two years old when he and his uncle, Ian, were last together, so Ben didn't remember him. And no one in Ben's family ever talked about the man. Then the letter arrived, changing Ben's life, and changing his family in unexpected ways. And there was the birthday room...
language: English
title: The Birthday Room
titlecomplete: The Birthday Room
genres: Family, Fiction, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens, Chapter Books, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 246
places: Oregon
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Greenwillow Books