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Free Lunch
Contributor(s): Ogle, Rex (Author)

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ISBN: 132400360X     ISBN-13: 9781324003601
Publisher: Norton Young Readers
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Homelessness & Poverty
- Juvenile Nonfiction | School & Education
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2019014202
Age Level: 11-14
Grade Level: 6-9
Lexile Measure: 540
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" L (0.80 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Family
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2019 pg. 128
Publishers Weekly 07/22/2019
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 50
School Library Journal 10/07/2019 pg. 1
 
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Publisher Description:
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. The lunch lady is hard of hearing, so Rex has to shout.

Free Lunch is the story of Rex's efforts to navigate his first semester of sixth grade--who to sit with, not being able to join the football team, Halloween in a handmade costume, classmates and a teacher who take one look at him and decide he's trouble--all while wearing secondhand clothes and being hungry. His mom and her boyfriend are out of work, and life at home is punctuated by outbursts of violence. Halfway through the semester, his family is evicted and ends up in government-subsidized housing in view of the school. Rex lingers at the end of last period every day until the buses have left, so no one will see where he lives.

Unsparing and realistic, Free Lunch is a story of hardship threaded with hope and moments of grace. Rex's voice is compelling and authentic, and Free Lunch is a true, timely, and essential work that illuminates the lived experience of poverty in America.


Contributor Bio(s): Ogle, Rex: - 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 think it's an important story to tell." A former children's book editor in New York City, Rex and his partner now enjoy much nicer weather in the Los Angeles area.
 
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