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Author Talk: Free Lunch with Rex Ogle

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2025-07-23 13:00:00 2025-07-23 13:45:00 America/Los_Angeles Author Talk: Free Lunch with Rex Ogle Join award-winning author Rex Ogle as he discuses his book Free Lunch where he talks about his struggles to navigate sixth grade as a poor kid in a wealthy school district signed up for the free meal program. Virtual Program -

Wednesday, July 23
1:00pm - 1:45pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-23 13:00:00 2025-07-23 13:45:00 America/Los_Angeles Author Talk: Free Lunch with Rex Ogle Join award-winning author Rex Ogle as he discuses his book Free Lunch where he talks about his struggles to navigate sixth grade as a poor kid in a wealthy school district signed up for the free meal program. Virtual Program -

Join award-winning author Rex Ogle as he discuses his book Free Lunch where he talks about his struggles to navigate sixth grade as a poor kid in a wealthy school district signed up for the free meal program.

Free Lunch is the story of Rex’s efforts to navigate his first semester of sixth grade—who 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 he’s trouble—all 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. Rex’s voice is compelling and authentic, and Free Lunch is a true, timely, and essential work that illuminates the lived experience of poverty in America. Register now to join the conversation!

About the Author: 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, which received a Printz Honor and a Stonewall Book Award Honor. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Children |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Conversations | Books, Poetry, & Writing |

TAGS: | Virtual Program | Author Talk |

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