Oct 5, 2021 · A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021. The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence. Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly …Four Eyes by Rex Ogle & Dave Valeza. Scholastic Graphix, 2023. 9781338574968. 220pp. Rex just started middle school, but there’s a lack of familiar faces there because school district boundaries have just been redrawn. He and his friend Drew aren’t as close as they were in grade school, and Drew’s friends all seem to be jerks.Rex Ogle. Norton Young Readers, $18.95 (208p) ISBN 978-1-3240-1995-4. Ogle pays clear-eyed tribute to his maternal abuela while covering heavy topics such as child abuse, financial precarity, and ...Rex Ogle. Average rating 4.24 · 16,227 ratings · 2,882 reviews · shelved 41,199 times. Showing 30 distinct works. « previous 1 2 next » sort by. « previous 1 2 next » * Note: these are all the … Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, recipient of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.His original graphic novel series, Four Eyes, is based on the highs and lows of his middle-school years growing up in Texas. REX OGLE is an award-winning author and the writer of nearly a hundred children’s books, comics, graphic novels, and memoirs—most notably Free Lunch, which won the ALA/YALSA award for Excellence in Non-Fiction.Rex Ogle. 4.37. 8,456 ratings1,522 reviews. Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid in a wealthy school district, better …Rex Ogle (born 1979 or 1980) is an American author and editor who has published more than 100 books, including those written under various pseudonyms, such as Trey King, Honest Lee, and …Free Lunch is a middle-grade memoir by Rex Ogle, published September 10, 2019, by Norton Young Readers. The book follows Ogle's middle school experience of being "a poor kid in a …Meet the Author: Rex Ogle. Norton Library Marketing. 202 subscribers. Subscribed. 11. Share. Save. 1K views 2 years ago. Author Rex Ogle answers a few …Rex Ogle. Writings; About the Author; Other Stuff. HUFFINGTON POST Personal ESSAY. June 2018. Read Here. Entertainment weekly Announcement. March 2018. READ HERE. Forbes interview: On Capturing Mental Illness In BLINK. March 2019. READ HERE. Yalsa / ala - The Hub interview. February 2020. READ HERE. Graphic Novel Recommendations.Sep 6, 2022 · REX OGLE was born and raised (mostly) in Texas. He is the author of memoirs Free Lunch (which received the ALA/YALSA Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction), Punching Bag, and the upcoming graphic novel Four Eyes. Rex Ogle’s companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother’s legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support.Rex Ogle was born and raised (mostly) in Texas. He moved to New York City after college to pursue an editorial career, interning at Marvel Comics before working at DC Comics, and later at Scholastic and Little Brown Young Readers. He championed over a dozen NY Times Bestsellers on major brands such as X-Men, ...Nov 7, 2020 · Rex Ogle is the award-winning author of Free Lunch, published by Norton Young Readers. He lives in Los Angeles with his husband and their dog, Toby. Visit him on Instagram or Twitter . Joe Prince (LSUCTC committee co-chair) is the Curriculum and Outreach Educator at Bowling Green State University. He lives in Bowling Green with his husband and ... Punching Bag is the powerful sequel to Rex Ogle’s memoir, Free Lunch, which came out in 2019. Free Lunch has been a favorite among my students ever since. Punching Bag continues Ogle’s story into his high school years. Punching Bag is a tough story. Ogle recounts his teen years, which are …In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on--to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him to the library where he could take out as many …Author Rex Ogle answers a few questions! His middle grade memoir, Free Lunch, won the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award. His YA memoir, Punching Bag, won...Rex Ogle. Norton Young Readers, $16.95 (208p) ISBN 978-1-324-00360-1 With candor and vivid detail, Ogle’s debut, a memoir, captures the experience of chronic poverty in the United States.Oct 5, 2021 · Rex Ogle. 4.49. 1,441 ratings250 reviews. Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in Free Lunch, here describes his struggle to survive; reflects on his complex, often paradoxical relationship ... Rex Ogle’s companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother’s legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful …Jan 27, 2020 · PHILADELPHIA– “Free Lunch,” written by Rex Ogle, and published by Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, has been named the 2020 winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, the first national award that honors the best nonfiction books for teens. The award was presented today by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) at the ... This final, essential chapter in Rex Ogle’s memoir trilogy recounts being forced from his home and living on the streets after his father discovered he was gay. , Road Home, Rex Ogle, 9781324019923Author Rex Ogle, who wrote the debut memoir Free Lunch about his experiences with poverty during childhood, offered a few additions to our toolkit. We invited him to chat with us about how librarians can help children in this often overlooked population. LSUCTC: Free Lunch is such a powerful book. Although it …Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in Free Lunch, here describes his struggle to survive; reflects on his complex, often paradoxical relationship with his passionate, fierce mother; and charts the trajectory of his stepdad’s anger. Hovering over Rex’s story is the talismanic presence of his unborn baby sister.Rex Ogle’s memoir Free Lunch details his sixth-grade year, in which he was enrolled in the Free Lunch Program. 11-year-old Rex and his mother Luciana pull up to the grocery store and Rex refuses to go inside, angry about life and the fact that he never gets to eat any food he likes. Luciana yells and threatens to hurt him, so Rex follows her insideA Finalist for the 2023 YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award. Rex Ogle’s companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother’s legacy.. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support.In this companion-in …Rex Ogle Writer of Novels & Comics, Story Editor, Publishing Innovator, IP Specialist, & all around Geek WRITER, AUTHOR, CREATOR at of books, comics, novels, graphic novels, and more...PUBLISHERS WEEKLY MAR 13, 2023. Ogle (Abuela, Don't Forget Me) recounts his tumultuous sixth grade year in this layered and moving graphic novel memoir.Not only does he seem to be the only kid who hasn't experienced a growth spurt, but his best friend renounced their shared love of comics to impress popular bully Victor, …Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, recipient of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. His original graphic novel series, Four Eyes, is based on the highs and lows of his middle-school years growing up in Texas. Under the pen name Rey Terciero, he authored Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy as well as Swan Lake: Quest for the ... Winner of the 2020 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award., Free Lunch, Rex Ogle, 9781324003601 Sep 10, 2019 · Rex Ogle Rex Ogle began his editorial career at DC Comics, working on flagship titles like Justice League, Teen Titans and Superman/Batman. From there, he moved to Scholastic where he …Free Lunch. Rex Ogle. National Geographic Books, Sep 10, 2019 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 192 pages. Winner of the 2020 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award. Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid in a wealthy school district, better-off kids crowd impatiently …Rex Ogle. Norton, $17.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-324-01623-6. In this vivid, empathic memoir, 1990s teenager Rex often feels that “something bad is just around the corner. 3.95. 20 ratings3 reviews. From Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza, the creators of Four Eyes, comes the second book in this humorous and heartfelt middle-school memoir trilogy. Just can't face it! On the first day of seventh grade, Rex encounters a bump in the road -- a big angry pimple right in the center of his forehead. Rex Ogle. Writings; About the Author . Memoir . wanna keep up with me? Sign up with your email for AWESOME stuff like sneak peeks, release dates, exclusive content, free bookmarks, and signed/personalized book giveaways! That said, I have no idea how newsletters work, so I have to figure that out.Rex Ogle: Without giving too much away, I wanted to create something terrifying and foreboding. So we made it dark and massive, purposely never showing its entirety in a single frame.REX OGLE was born and raised (mostly) in Texas. He is the author of memoirs Free Lunch (which received the ALA/YALSA Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction), Punching Bag, and the upcoming graphic novel Four Eyes. He also wrote the fantasy middle-grade Supernatural Society trilogy and has written dozens of comics for Marvel and DC, as well as his …Free Lunch. Paperback – Aug. 17 2021. Winner of the 2020 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award. Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid in a wealthy school district, better-off kids crowd impatiently behind him as he tries to explain to the cashier that he’s on the free …Rex Ogle, the author of Free Lunch, a memoir about his sixth-grade experience in poverty, talks to YALSA Hub about his book, school lunches, friendship, and abuse. He also … REX OGLE was born and raised (mostly) in Texas. He is the author of memoirs Free Lunch (which received the ALA/YALSA Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction), Punching Bag, and the upcoming graphic novel Four Eyes. 9781324016946. Free Lunch is a middle-grade memoir by Rex Ogle, published September 10, 2019, by Norton Young Readers. The book follows Ogle's middle school experience of being "a poor kid in a wealthy school district." [1] Sep 6, 2022 · Abuela, Don't Forget Me. Hardcover – September 6, 2022. A Finalist for the 2023 YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award. Rex Ogle’s companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother’s legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela ... A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021 The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence.Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in …Rex Ogle has had lots of jobs. Some involved waiting tables, moving boxes, or cleaning toilets. Other jobs involved creating stories for Star Wars, LEGO, Power Rangers, Minions, DC Comics, and Marvel Comics. Now Rex is a full-time writer and the author behind Free Lunch, winner of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction.Rex Ogle. Norton, $18.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-3240-1992-3. In 1998, 17-year-old Ogle plans to work at Walmart until college in the fall. But when his stepsister tells their father she suspects Ogle ...Free Lunch is a middle-grade memoir by Rex Ogle, published September 10, 2019, by Norton Young Readers.The book follows Ogle's middle school experience of being "a poor kid in a wealthy school district." Reception. Free Lunch is a Junior Library Guild selection and was generally well-received, including starred reviews …Rex Ogle. WW Norton, Sep 10, 2019 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 224 pages. Winner of the 2020 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award. Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s mom has …Free Lunch is a middle-grade memoir by Rex Ogle, published September 10, 2019, by Norton Young Readers. The book follows Ogle's middle school experience of being "a poor kid in a …From Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza, the creators of Four Eyes, comes the second book in this humorous and heartfelt middle-school memoir trilogy. It's time to face facts! On the first day of seventh grade, Rex encounters a bump in the road -- a big angry pimple right in the center of his forehead. And this is only the beginning of his problems.★ "Ogle powerfully depicts middle-school bullying, the pressures of living in a low-income family, and the struggle to find a place to fit in and to stand up for one's self, all with multifaceted characters.Valeza and Szymanik's well-paced, wonderfully crafted, and expressive artwork does an excellent job of capturing the emotional …Rex Ogle. Scholastic Inc., May 2, 2023 - Juvenile Fiction - 224 pages. A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic memoir about fitting in, facing bullies, and finding the …Rex Ogle delivers a fun story that will appeal to kids of all ages in “The Supernatural Society,” a story that deals with braveness, loyalty, and spooks and goblins. When Will Hunter begrudgingly moves to a new town, he discovers something unusual — he can see all the supernatural beings that also live within the town.A distinctive new voice: Rex Ogle's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program is timely, heartbreaking, and true. Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school's free lunch program.14 quotes from Rex Ogle: 'I don't know why, but I don't trust the word free anymore. Lunch here is supposed to be free, but it feels like it costs me a lot.', 'No child should feel alone. Or ashamed. Or worthless. They need to know that their circumstances are not their fault.', and 'These are my words! They matter! Hit me all you want.The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence. Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in Free Lunch, here ...Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support.A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021. The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence.. Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic …A Finalist for the 2023 YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award. Rex Ogle’s companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother’s legacy.. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support.In this companion-in …Rex Ogle’s memoir Free Lunch details his sixth-grade year, in which he was enrolled in the Free Lunch Program. 11-year-old Rex and his mother Luciana pull up to the grocery store and Rex refuses to go inside, angry about life and the fact that he never gets to eat any food he likes. Luciana yells and threatens to hurt him, so Rex follows her insideJun 29, 2018 · The Day My Dad Kicked Me Out For Being Gay Changed My Life Forever. There were nights I thought, “This is it. I won’t make it. I won’t wake up tomorrow.”. Rex Ogle in 1998. We were on the back porch, smoke rolling up from the nearby barbeque grill, the smell of chicken roasting in the air.Rex Ogle. Writings; About the Author . Books in Verse . wanna keep up with me? Sign up with your email for AWESOME stuff like sneak peeks, release dates, exclusive content, free bookmarks, and signed/personalized book giveaways! That said, I have no idea how newsletters work, so I have to figure that out.REX OGLE was born and raised (mostly) in Texas. He is the author of memoirs Free Lunch (which received the ALA/YALSA Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction), Punching Bag, and the upcoming graphic novel Four Eyes. He also wrote the fantasy middle-grade Supernatural Society trilogy and has written dozens of comics for Marvel and DC, as well as his …The Day My Dad Kicked Me Out For Being Gay Changed My Life Forever. There were nights I thought, “This is it. I won’t make it. I won’t wake up tomorrow.”. Rex Ogle in 1998. We were on the back porch, smoke rolling up from the nearby barbeque grill, the smell of chicken roasting in the air.Rex Ogle’s companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother’s legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support. Winner of the 2020 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award., Free Lunch, Rex Ogle, 9781324003601 Rex Ogle. Scholastic Inc., May 2, 2023 - Juvenile Fiction - 224 pages. A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic memoir about fitting in, facing bullies, and finding the …A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021 The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence. Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic …Free Lunch. Rex Ogle. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, Jan 28, 2020 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 312 pages. "Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his …Rex Ogle. Scholastic Inc., May 2, 2023 - Juvenile Fiction - 224 pages. A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic memoir about fitting in, facing bullies, and finding the …Free Lunch. Rex Ogle. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, Jan 28, 2020 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 312 pages. "Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his …A distinctive new voice: Rex Ogle's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program is timely, heartbreaking, and true. Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school's free lunch program.May 2, 2023 · Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, recipient of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. His original graphic novel series, Four Eyes, is based on the highs and lows of his middle-school years growing up in Texas. Under the pen name Rey Terciero, he authored Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy as well as Swan Lake: Quest for the ... 9781324016946. Free Lunch is a middle-grade memoir by Rex Ogle, published September 10, 2019, by Norton Young Readers. The book follows Ogle's middle school experience of being "a poor kid in a wealthy school district." [1] Nov 7, 2020 · Rex Ogle is the award-winning author of Free Lunch, published by Norton Young Readers. He lives in Los Angeles with his husband and their dog, Toby. Visit him on Instagram or Twitter . Joe Prince (LSUCTC committee co-chair) is the Curriculum and Outreach Educator at Bowling Green State University. He lives in Bowling Green with his husband and ... Feb 1, 2022 · While Rex Ogle wrote The Supernatural Society, his narrator is a monster who claims to be the "actual" writer. The monster talks to the reader a lot - it doesn't really add anything to the story. Ogle knows the names of lots of different monsters, and often lists them in an alliterative way - I feel like this raises the vocabulary expectations ... Free Lunch. Rex Ogle. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, Jan 28, 2020 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 312 pages. "Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his …Rex Ogle is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Rex Ogle and others you may know. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Rex Ogle has 52 books on Goodreads with 41199 ratings. Rex Ogle’s most popular book is Free Lunch. Q & A with Rex Ogle. Home > Children's > Authors. Sales and Marketing Manager - Kogan Page Inc. - New York, NY. NEXT JOB. Q & A with Rex Ogle. By Cheryl E. Klein |. Apr …About the author (2023) Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, recipient of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. His original graphic novel series, Four Eyes, is …Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support.Vi skulle vilja visa dig en beskrivning här men webbplatsen du tittar på tillåter inte detta.Four Eyes by Rex Ogle & Dave Valeza. Scholastic Graphix, 2023. 9781338574968. 220pp. Rex just started middle school, but there’s a lack of familiar faces there because school district boundaries have just been redrawn. He and his friend Drew aren’t as close as they were in grade school, and Drew’s friends all seem to be jerks.Book 2. Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel. by Rex Ogle. 4.00 · 21 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 3 editions. From Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza, the creators of Fou…. More. Want to Read. Rate it: Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1) and Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes)My Review: Rex Ogle’s mother and stepfather physically and emotionally abused him when he was a child. In his second memoir, Punching Bag, he describes unimaginable incidents that are a terrible reality for far too many children. An alcoholic stepfather who continues the cycle of abuse that he experienced as a child himself.
Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, which won the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award; Abuela, Don’t Forget Me, a finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award; and Punching Bag, a NYPL Best Book of the Year. Rex lives in Los Angeles. From the B&N Reads Blog. Page 1 of . Related …. Senor frogs vegas
Free Lunch. Hardcover – 1 October 2019. by Rex Ogle (Author) 865. See all formats and editions. Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex's mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid in a wealthy school district, better-off kids crowd impatiently behind him as he tries to explain to the cashier that he's on the free meal program.Free Lunch. Audio CD – November 10, 2019. A distinctive new voice: Rex Ogle's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program is timely, heartbreaking, and true. Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies ...About the author (2023) Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, recipient of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. His original graphic novel series, Four Eyes, is … A distinctive new voice: Rex Ogle's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program is timely, heartbreaking, and true. Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school's free lunch program. About Rex Ogle: Rex Ogle was born and raised mostly in Texas. He says, “I was one of the poorest kids at a school for the children of the wealthy. I was on the subsidized lunch program, and mocked endlessly. This is my middle school experience, but I …Aug 17, 2021 · REX OGLE was born and raised (mostly) in Texas. He is the author of memoirs Free Lunch (which received the ALA/YALSA Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction), Punching Bag, and the upcoming graphic novel Four Eyes. Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, recipient of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. His original graphic novel series, Four Eyes, is based on the highs and lows of his middle-school years growing up in Texas. Under the pen name Rey Terciero, he authored Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy as well …Rex Ogle is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Rex Ogle and others you may know. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021 The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence. Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic … Rex Ogle. Norton, $17.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-324-01623-6 In this vivid, empathic memoir, 1990s teenager Rex often feels that “something bad is just around the corner. Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, which won the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award; Abuela, Don’t Forget Me, a finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award; and Punching Bag, a NYPL Best Book of the Year. Rex lives in Los Angeles. Jun 29, 2018 · The Day My Dad Kicked Me Out For Being Gay Changed My Life Forever. There were nights I thought, “This is it. I won’t make it. I won’t wake up tomorrow.”. Rex Ogle in 1998. We were on the back porch, smoke rolling up from the nearby barbeque grill, the smell of chicken roasting in the air. Rex Ogle. Norton Young Readers, $16.95 (208p) ISBN 978-1-324-00360-1 With candor and vivid detail, Ogle’s debut, a memoir, captures the experience of chronic poverty in the United States. Free Lunch is a middle-grade memoir by Rex Ogle, published September 10, 2019, by Norton Young Readers.The book follows Ogle's middle school experience of being "a poor kid in a wealthy school district." Reception. Free Lunch is a Junior Library Guild selection and was generally well-received, including starred reviews … Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, recipient of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. His original graphic novel series, Four Eyes, is based on the highs and lows of his middle-school years growing up in Texas. Rex Ogle. Norton Young Readers, $16.95 (208p) ISBN 978-1-324-00360-1 With candor and vivid detail, Ogle’s debut, a memoir, captures the experience of chronic poverty in the United States. Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, recipient of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. His original graphic novel series, Four Eyes, is based on the highs and lows of his middle-school years growing up in Texas. Under the pen name Rey Terciero, he authored Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy as well as Swan Lake: Quest for the ... Free Lunch. Hardcover – 1 October 2019. by Rex Ogle (Author) 865. See all formats and editions. Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex's mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid in a wealthy school district, better-off kids crowd impatiently behind him as he tries to explain to the cashier that he's on the free meal program.A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021 The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence. Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic …May 11, 2023 · Köp böcker av Rex Ogle hos Bokus med fri frakt och snabb leverans. Här hittar du de senaste och mest populära böckerna till bra pris!Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, recipient of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. His original graphic novel series, Four Eyes, is based on the highs and lows of his middle-school years growing up in Texas. Under the pen name Rey Terciero, ....