Punching Bag

by Rex Ogle

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 132401623X
• ISBN13: 9781324016236
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Norton Young Readers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary