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Summary: Tear Jerker but worth it.
Comment: I read this book as a teenager and was so happy to find it again and share it with my kids.

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Summary: Excellent Service
Comment: This seller was fantastic to work with and the product I received was exactly what I was looking for. I was forced to change my mailing address before they shipped my book but after I placed the order and they were very understanding and forwarded me my copy as soon as they got the new information. It was great to be able to work with someone so helpful. I would definitely shop them again.

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Summary: foul!
Comment: From the first page of the book, I was totally, completely absorbed in the characters of the story. As the mother of an autistic son, I was particularly pleased with Hunt's treatment of both Georgie and Robin and their problems and disabilities.
As a retired school teacher with over 35 years in the public school classrooms, I was quite disturbed by Mrs. Cressman's treatment of Georgie.
It shames and horrifies me to think that intentionally or unintentionally
(and I certainly hope it is the latter), we sometimes neglect those students with the greatest needs. Georgie saw her as mean. I hope she was just at a loss as to how to deal with Georgie, eventhough that would still not excuse her lack of interest in him as a person and as a student.
One problem I had with the book is the speed at which Georgie recovered from the physical and emotional abuse. Georgie is seven and a half years old, and there is no way he could learn to love and trust in the time frame given. But it is a work of fiction, so I take that into account.
The end of the book left me utterly sad, disappointed, angry, and without sense of that "closure" we all desire. But then I feel that is often what society would like to do with our "special" people--just kill them off! Neat and final! Why let them grow up with their disability thus creating problems for themselves and society! Robin shouldn't have died. There were so many alternatives to the ending.
The book screams for a sequel, but I don't know if I would read it. I am that annoyed!

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Summary: Great Book
Comment: This is a great book I first read in school. And supprisingly it was good. It is a bitter sweet book about a kid who wins a rose but at home is abbused. eventually the kid gets sent to a school with that rose its the only thing that the boy has thats his.anyway eventually he learns to trust people. Its a great book and i would recomend it to any one.

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Summary: Good things I like from The Lottery Rose by: Lamis
Comment: The Lottery Rose
I only have read the beginning part of this book and I really understood the details and what the message was. I also understand the feelings of a seven year old boy who doesn't know how to read and he is always getting hit by a man that is not even a part of the family and lives in his home.
If I was in that situation I would have the same feelings as Georgie in The Lottery Rose.
If I was very poor and I had no toys to play with I would be very happy to win a rose bush even though Georgie didn't really win it. Read this book to find out what happen to the rose bush and Georgie.

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