Free Lunch
Rex Ogle
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Instead of giving him lunch money, Rexβs 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 heβs on the free meal program. The lunch lady is hard of hearing, so Rex has to shout.
Free Lunch is the story of Rexβs efforts to navigate his first semester of sixth gradeβwho 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 heβs troubleβall 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. Rexβs voice is compelling and authentic, and Free Lunch is a true, timely, and essential work that illuminates the lived experience of poverty in America.
βOutstanding, gracious writing and a clear eye for the penetrating truth. A mighty portrait of poverty amid cruelty and optimism.ββKirkus Reviews, starred review
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 heβs on the free meal program. The lunch lady is hard of hearing, so Rex has to shout.
Free Lunch is the story of Rexβs efforts to navigate his first semester of sixth gradeβwho 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 heβs troubleβall 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. Rexβs voice is compelling and authentic, and Free Lunch is a true, timely, and essential work that illuminates the lived experience of poverty in America.
βOutstanding, gracious writing and a clear eye for the penetrating truth. A mighty portrait of poverty amid cruelty and optimism.ββKirkus Reviews, starred review
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