To Touch a Rose is a part of a 3 book Rose Series. Other books in the series include "Sting from the Rose Card" and "The Rose Card." Seven-year-old Carrie Elizabeth Johnson was excited to attend the birthday party for the daughter of one of the most influential families in her hometown; her mother's employers. It was the 1950s, and she was a young black girl at an all-white affair. Filled with expectation, she was thrilled to mix with the financially...