Author: Irene Hunt
Year: 1976
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Young adult, Children
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9780425182796
0425182797 |
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The Newbery Award winning author of
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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...
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