<DIV>The Newbery Award winning author of <b>Across Five Aprils</b> and <b>Up a Road Slowly</b> presents the story of a young boy from a troubled family who learns what it means to love…<p> <b>The Lottery Rose</b><p> 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.<p> 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… </div>