Roses
by Barbara Cohen
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When her father steals a rare rose from a florist shop, Isabel is pressed into employment there as payment to the hideously deformed owner.Tags
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When Isabel is made to take a job at the local florist's shop, she faces the deformed owner, and her fears of him. He is known throughout the town, and while his shop and flowers are loved by all, he isn't. Isabel learns more about him while spending time in his shop, and discovers more about herself in the process.
This is a beautiful coming-of-age story, where a young girl learns more about herself, and shapes a bit of her character during this uncomfortable situation. Well written, sweet, and quick, this wonderful retelling of Beauty and the Beast will leave you with a smile on your lips, and a flutter in your heart.
This is a beautiful coming-of-age story, where a young girl learns more about herself, and shapes a bit of her character during this uncomfortable situation. Well written, sweet, and quick, this wonderful retelling of Beauty and the Beast will leave you with a smile on your lips, and a flutter in your heart.
When Isabel is made to take a job at the local florist's shop, she faces the deformed owner, and her fears of him. He is known throughout the town, and while his shop and flowers are loved by all, he isn't. Isabel learns more about him while spending time in his shop, and discovers more about herself in the process.
This is a beautiful coming-of-age story, where a young girl learns more about herself, and shapes a bit of her character during this uncomfortable situation. Well written, sweet, and quick, this wonderful retelling of Beauty and the Beast will leave you with a smile on your lips, and a flutter in your heart.
This is a beautiful coming-of-age story, where a young girl learns more about herself, and shapes a bit of her character during this uncomfortable situation. Well written, sweet, and quick, this wonderful retelling of Beauty and the Beast will leave you with a smile on your lips, and a flutter in your heart.
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- Roses
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- Fiction and Literature, Teen, Young Adult, Children's Books, Tween
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- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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- PZ7 .C6595 .R — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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