02252cam a2200373 i 4500 1164928307 TxAuBib 20220127120000.0 210811s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021030216 9781324016236 hardcover 132401623X hardcover (OCoLC)1233266210 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF UKMGB GK8 OCLCO TCH OI6 JBL LE@ UOK TxAuBib rda Ogle, Rex, author. Punching bag / Rex Ogle. First edition. New York, NY : Norton Young Readers, an Imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, [2021] ©2021. 207 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "The companion to Rex Ogle's award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence. 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"-- Provided by publisher. Ages 13-18 Norton Young Readers. 20220127. Ogle, Rex. Ogle, Rex. Childhood and youth. Poor teenagers United States Biography. Low-income high school students United States Biography. Autobiographies. TXKIP