Description
Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in Free Lunch, here describes his struggle to survive; reflects on his complex, often paradoxical relationship with his passionate, fierce mother; and charts the trajectory of his stepdad’s anger. Hovering over Rex’s story is the talismanic presence of his unborn baby sister.
Through it all, Rex threads moments of grace and humor that act as beacons of light in the darkness. Compulsively readable, beautifully crafted, and authentically told, Punching Bag is a remarkable memoir about one teenager’s cycle of violence, blame, and attempts to forgive his parents–and himself.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Rex Ogle
Published: 03/07/2023
Publisher: Norton Young Readers
ISBN: 9781324052210
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 0.59″ H x 8.26″ L x 5.56″ W
About the Author
Ogle, Rex: – Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, which won the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; Abuela Don’t Forget Me, a finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; Punching Bag; and the novel >When We Ride. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.