Awards
- Short-listed for ALA YALSA Award 2023
Overview
In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on-to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him to the library where he could take out as many books as he wanted, and to offer safety when darkness closed in. Throughout a coming of age marked by violence and dysfunction, Abuela's red-brick house in Abilene, Texas, offered Rex the possibility of home, and Abuela herself the possibility for a better life. Abuela, Don't Forget Me is a lyrical portrait of the transformative and towering woman who believed in Rex even when he didn't yet know how to believe in himself.
Full Product Details
Author: Rex Ogle
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Dimensions:
Width: 14.70cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 21.80cm
Weight: 0.361kg
ISBN: 9781324019954
ISBN 10: 1324019956
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 09 September 2022
Recommended Age: From 12 to 18 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Ogle pays clear-eyed tribute to his maternal abuela while covering heavy topics such as child abuse, financial precarity, and racism in this searing verse memoir-- Publishers Weekly (starred review) The humor, reflection, and heart present in these pages remind readers to cherish their bonds with their loved ones and that small moments can last a lifetime.-- Booklist A visceral window into a survivor's childhood and a testament to the enduring influence of unconditional love.-- Kirkus Reviews
The magnitude of intergenerational relationships, deep connections, and acceptance shine in Ogle's foreword and poems, which are clearly love letters to his abuela, captured like fireflies in a jar. A must-purchase for all YA nonfiction collections, Ogle's work speaks directly to what so many young people experience and offers them hope.-- ""School Library Journal (starred review)"" Ogle pays clear-eyed tribute to his maternal abuela while covering heavy topics such as child abuse, financial precarity, and racism in this searing verse memoir-- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" The humor, reflection, and heart present in these pages remind readers to cherish their bonds with their loved ones and that small moments can last a lifetime.-- ""Booklist"" A visceral window into a survivor's childhood and a testament to the enduring influence of unconditional love.-- ""Kirkus Reviews""
A visceral window into a survivor's childhood and a testament to the enduring influence of unconditional love.-- Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; Punching Bag, a New York Public Library Best Book; Abuela Don’t Forget Me, finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; and Road Home, which received a Printz Honor and a Stonewall Book Award Honor. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
