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By Ogle, Rex[2019]., Juvenile, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Call No: B OGLE Edition: First edition. Availability:8 of 9 At Location(s) Summary Note: This is the author's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program. While 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. But this is a story of a more profound hunger - that of a child for his parents' love and care.
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By Ogle, Rex[2019]., Juvenile, Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company Call No: HI-INT B OGL Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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. Grounded in the immediacy of physical hunger and the humiliation of having to announce it every day in the school lunch line, Rex's is a compelling story of a more profound hunger -- that of a child for his parents' 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"--
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[2022]., Pre-adolescent, Balzer + Bray, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: GN B WIL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Misty never shies away from a challenge, on or off the field. So when the boys tell her she can't play football, there's only one thing to do: join their team and show them what she's got. But the training is rougher than she thought--and so are the other guys, who aren't thrilled about having a girl on their team. Middle school isn't so easy, either. Misty wants to fit in with the popular kids, but they think a girl playing football is 'weird.' Even her best friend doesn't get it. Can Misty find a way to score points with her teammates, make new friends, and show everyone--including herself--what it means to play like a girl?"--From the publisher's web site.
