num_pages: 181
description: 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...
language: English
title: The Lottery Rose
titlecomplete: The Lottery Rose
characters: Georgie Burgess
genres: Middle Grade, Read For School, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Abuse, Childrens, School, Young Adult, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 3144
publisher: Berkley