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.
Author: Rex Ogle
Publisher: Norton Young Readers
Published: 03/07/2023
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.56w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9781324052210
ISBN10: 132405221X
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Poverty & Homelessness
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Physical & Emotional Abuse (see also Social
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General