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SUMMARY:Watch Party - Author Talk: Rex Ogle
LOCATION:West Oaks Branch and Genealogy Center\nWest Oaks Branch and Genea
 logy Center
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DESCRIPTION:Engage in a lively discussion and fun activities with Rex Ogle
  during this virtual watch party at your local branch! Recommended for age
 s 6-12..\nhttps://ocls.libnet.info/event/13658939
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This is a hybrid virtual event hosted on Y
 ouTube Live with the option to tune in from this branch location. All pres
 enters will be appearing virtually for this Watch Party event. Registratio
 n is not required to attend\, but you will receive a reminder email if you
  register.</p>\n<p>If you would prefer to attend from a different location
 \, please visit the primary Author Talk webpage for this event: <a href="h
 ttps://attend.ocls.org/event/13515089">https://attend.ocls.org/event/13515
 089</a>.</p>\n<p>Free Lunch&nbsp\;is the story of Rex&rsquo\;s efforts to 
 navigate his first semester of sixth grade&mdash\;who to sit with\, not be
 ing able to join the football team\, Halloween in a handmade costume\, cla
 ssmates and a teacher who take one look at him and decide he&rsquo\;s trou
 ble&mdash\;all while wearing secondhand clothes and being hungry. His mom 
 and her boyfriend are out of work\, and life at home is punctuated by outb
 ursts of violence. Halfway through the semester\, his family is evicted an
 d ends up in government-subsidized housing in view of the school. Rex ling
 ers at the end of last period every day until the buses have left\, so no 
 one will see where he lives.</p>\n<p>Unsparing and realistic\,&nbsp\;Free 
 Lunch&nbsp\;is a story of hardship threaded with hope and moments of grace
 . Rex&rsquo\;s voice is compelling and authentic\, and&nbsp\;Free Lunch&nb
 sp\;is a true\, timely\, and essential work that illuminates the lived exp
 erience of poverty in America. Register now to join the conversation!</p>\
 n<p><strong>About the Author:</strong>&nbsp\;Rex Ogle is the author of&nbs
 p\;Free Lunch\, winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adu
 lts Award\;&nbsp\;Punching Bag\, a New York Public Library Best Book\;&nbs
 p\;Abuela Don&rsquo\;t Forget Me\, finalist for the YALSA Excellence in No
 nfiction for Young Adults Award\; and&nbsp\;Road Home\, which received a P
 rintz Honor and a Stonewall Book Award Honor. He lives in Los Angeles\, Ca
 lifornia.</p>\n<p>The views expressed by presenters are their own and thei
 r appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any ent
 ity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not c
 onstitute an endorsement or recommendation by Orange County Library System
 .</p>\nhttps://ocls.libnet.info/event/13658939
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