TY  - BOOK
N2  - "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"--
AB  - "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"--
T1  - Punching bag /
AU  - Ogle, Rex,
ET  - First edition.
CN  - OGLE
ID  - 1470998
KW  - Poor teenagers
KW  - Low-income high school students
KW  - YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Physical & Emotional Abuse.
KW  - YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Poverty & Homelessness.
KW  - YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General.
KW  - Abused teenagers.
KW  - Poor teenagers.
KW  - Low-income high school students.
SN  - 9781324016236
SN  - 132401623X
TI  - Punching bag /
ER  -