In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogles abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence of a woman he could always count onto 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, Abuelas red-brick house in Abilene, Texas, offered Rex the possibility of home and Abuela herself the possibility for a better life. Abuela, Dont Forget Me is a lyrical portrait of the transformative and towering woman who believed in Rex even when he didnt yet know how to believe in himself.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 8th grade-college freshman.

This book has been graded for interest at 13-18 years.

There are 208 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2022 by WW Norton & Co .

Rex Ogle was born and raised mostly in Texas. He says, "I was one of the poorest kids at a school for the children of the wealthy. I was on the subsidized lunch program, and mocked endlessly. This is my middle school experience, but I think it's an important story to tell. " A former children's book editor in New York City, Rex and his partner now enjoy much nicer weather in the Los Angeles area.