July 23, 2025 –
Join us from the comfort of your own home as award-winning author Rex Ogle talks to viewers about his struggles to navigate sixth grade as written about in his book Free Lunch via digital live-stream in partnership with Peoples Library! This event is ideal for grades 6-8 but open to everyone.
Free Lunch is the story of Rex’s efforts to navigate his first semester of sixth grade—who to sit with, not being able to join the football team, Halloween in a handmade costume, classmates and a teacher who take one look at him and decide he’s trouble—all while wearing secondhand clothes and being hungry. His mom and her boyfriend are out of work, and life at home is punctuated by outbursts of violence. Halfway through the semester, his family is evicted and ends up in government-subsidized housing in view of the school. Rex lingers at the end of last period every day until the buses have left, so no one will see where he lives.
Register and ask questions of the author here: https://libraryc.org/peopleslibrary
If you can't make it live, you can also watch on demand.