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Rex Ogle

Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; Punching Bag, a New York Public Library Best Book; Abuela Don’t Forget Me, finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; and Road Home. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Rex Ogle

Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; Punching Bag, a New York Public Library Best Book; Abuela Don’t Forget Me, finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; and Road Home. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Awards

Winner — ALA YALSA Award, 2020

Shortlisted — ALA YALSA Award, 2023

Books by Rex Ogle

  • Free Lunch

    Rex Ogle

    Hardback, 2019

    Rex Ogle’s story of startingYear 7 on the free lunch programme is timely, heart-breaking and true.
  • Punching Bag

    Rex Ogle

    Hardback, 2021

    The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence.
  • Free Lunch

    Rex Ogle

    Paperback, 2021

    Rex Ogle’s story of starting Year 7 on the free lunch programme is timely, heart-breaking and true.
  • Free Lunch

    Rex Ogle

    E Book, 2019

    Rex Ogle’s story of starting Year 7 on the free lunch programme is timely, heart-breaking and true.
  • Punching Bag

    Rex Ogle

    E Book, 2021

    The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch (ISBN 978 1 324 01694 6) is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence
  • Abuela, Don't Forget Me

    Rex Ogle

    Hardback, 2022

    Rex Ogle’s companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humour, heartbreak and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother’s legacy
  • Abuela, Don't Forget Me

    Rex Ogle

    E Book, 2022

    Rex Ogle’s companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humour, heartbreak and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother’s legacy
  • Punching Bag

    Rex Ogle

    Paperback, 2023

    The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch (ISBN 978 1 324 01694 6) is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence
  • Road Home

    Rex Ogle

    Hardback, 2024

    This final, essential chapter in Rex Ogle’s memoir trilogy recounts being forced from his home and living on the streets after his conservative father discovered he was gay
  • Road Home

    Rex Ogle

    E Book

    This final, essential chapter in Rex Ogle’s memoir trilogy recounts being forced from his home and living on the streets after his conservative father discovered he was gay