—Booklist (starred review, Punching Bag)

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

The finale to Rex Ogle's powerful memoir trilogy

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Free Lunch followed Rex's middle school experience living below the poverty line.

Punching Bag charted his life as he adjusted to high school while grappling with domestic violence at home.

Now, Road Home is a tour de force account of a teenage Rex in the summer after graduating high school: being outed as gay, forced to leave his father's home, and living homeless on the streets of New Orleans.

In stores May 14, 2024

Receive a custom Road Home keychain* when you pre-order from Blue Willow Bookshop. Plus, get a signed bookplate from Rex Ogle when you make an optional donation to The Trevor Project.

*While supplies last. Must pre-order by May 13, 2024.

For ages 10+

Winner of the YALSA Excellence
in Nonfiction Award

⭐ "A powerful and urgent work."

—School Library Journal (starred review)

⭐ "Captures the experience of chronic poverty in the United States."
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

⭐ "A mighty portrait of poverty amid
cruelty and optimism.”

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

For ages 12+

A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year

⭐ "Highly recommended."

—School Library Journal (starred review)

⭐ "This should be widely available to
anyone who needs it." 

—Booklist (starred review)

"A beacon of hope to readers trying to survive their own childhoods."

—Publishers Weekly

For ages 12+

Finalist for the YALSA Excellence
in Nonfiction Award

⭐ "A must-purchase."

—School Library Journal (starred review)

⭐ "[A] searing verse memoir" 

—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A visceral window into a survivor’s childhood and a testament to the enduring influence of unconditional love."

—Kirkus Reviews

REX OGLE is the acclaimed author of nearly 100 books for young readers, including his award-winning debut memoir Free Lunch, and graphic novels including Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy and Four Eyes. He has written under many pen names like Rey Terciero, under which he published the GLAAD Media Award-nominated graphic novel Northranger. Road Home is his newest memoir. Rex lives in Los Angeles.

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