"A mighty portrait of poverty amid cruelty and optimism."â€•Kirkus (starred review)Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogleâ€™s first semester in sixth

Free Lunch

"A mighty portrait of poverty amid cruelty and optimism."â€•Kirkus (starred review)
Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogleâ€™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 schoolâ€™s free lunch program. Grounded in the immediacy of physical hunger and the humiliation of having to announce it every day in the school lunch line, Rexâ€™s is a compelling story of a more profound hungerâ€•that of a child for his parentsâ€™ love and care. Compulsively readable, beautifully crafted, and authentically told with the voice and point of view of a 6th-grade kid, Free Lunch is a remarkable debut by a gifted storyteller.
Country USA
Brand Norton Young Readers
Manufacturer Norton Young Readers
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2019-09-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781324003601

Free Lunch