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SUMMARY:Online Youth Author Talk With Rex Ogle
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DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning author Rex Ogle as he talks about his strug
 gles to navigate sixth grade as written about in his book "Free Lunch." Un
 sparing and realistic\, Ogle shares a story of hardship threaded with hope
  and moments of grace. \nKids and teens\, grades 5-8. Register to get a li
 nk. A recording will also be available for later viewing..\nhttps://dbrl.l
 ibnet.info/event/13886494
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join award-winning author Rex Ogle as he t
 alks to viewers about his struggles to navigate sixth grade as written abo
 ut in his book "<a href="https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=Fr
 ee%20Lunch&amp\;searchType=smart">Free Lunch</a>."&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Instead 
 of giving him lunch money\, Rex&rsquo\;s mom has signed him up for free me
 als. As a poor kid in a wealthy school district\, better-off kids crowd im
 patiently behind him as he tries to explain to the cashier that he&rsquo\;
 s on the free meal program. The lunch lady is hard of hearing\, so Rex has
  to shout.</p>\n<p>"Free Lunch" is the story of Rex&rsquo\;s efforts to na
 vigate 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 decided he is trouble &
 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 outburs
 ts of violence. Halfway through the semester\, his family is evicted and e
 nds 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.</p>\n<p>Unsparing and realistic\, "Free Lunch" i
 s a story of hardship threaded with hope and moments of grace. Rex&rsquo\;
 s voice is compelling and authentic\, and "Free Lunch" is a true\, timely 
 and essential work that illuminates the lived experience of poverty in Ame
 rica.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Kids and teens\, grades 5-8. <a href="https://library
 c.org/dbrl/78854/register">Register to get a link.</a> A recording will al
 so be available for later viewing.</p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><stro
 ng>About the Author:</strong> Rex Ogle is the author of "Free Lunch\," win
 ner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award\; "Punchi
 ng Bag\," a New York Public Library Best Book\; "Abuela Don&rsquo\;t Forge
 t Me\," finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults A
 ward\; and "Road Home\," which received a Printz Honor and a Stonewall Boo
 k Award Honor. He lives in Los Angeles\, California.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>This 
 event is part of&nbsp\;<a href="https://libraryc.org/dbrl">DBRL's&nbsp\;On
 line Author Series</a>\, supported by David Lile honorarium funds. A recor
 ding will also be available for later viewing on the&nbsp\;<a href="https:
 //libraryc.org/dbrl/archive">author series site</a>.</p>\nhttps://dbrl.lib
 net.info/event/13886494
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