Bibliograph

Punching bag, Rex Ogle

Type

Label

Punching bag, Rex Ogle

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 13-18

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Punching bag

Oclc number

1233266210

Responsibility statement

Rex Ogle

Summary

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

Target audience

adolescent

Classification