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A distinctive new voice: Rex Ogle's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program is timely, heartbreaking, and true. Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school's free lunch program. Grounded in the immediacy of physical hunger and the humiliation of having to announce it every day in the school lunch line, Rex's is a compelling story of a more profound hunger - that of a child for his parents' love and care.
Compulsively listenable, beautifully crafted, and authentically told with the voice and point of view of a sixth-grade kid, Free Lunch is a remarkable debut by a gifted storyteller.
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Resilience and strength
- De RhondaB en 04-02-25
De: Rex Ogle
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Wildoak
- De: C.C. Harrington
- Narrado por: Camilia O'Grady
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 29
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 24
Maggie Stephens's stutter makes school especially hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class or calling attention to herself. So when her unsympathetic father threatens to send her away for so-called "treatment," she reluctantly agrees to her mother's intervention plan: a few weeks in the fresh air of Wildoak Forest, visiting a grandfather she hardly knows. It is there, in an extraordinary twist of fate, that she encounters an abandoned snow leopard cub, an exotic gift to a wealthy Londoner that proved too wild to domesticate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Powerful Story
- De Meredith L. Burton en 02-04-23
De: C.C. Harrington
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Road Home
- De: Rex Ogle
- Narrado por: Ramón De Ocampo
- Duración: 6 h y 59 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 7
One hot summer afternoon, Rex Ogle’s sexuality is found out and his father gives him an ultimatum: you can be gay, or you can live here, but not both—and you have twenty-four hours to decide. Rex desperately hopes for a reprieve that doesn’t come, and the following day, he leaves. With no place to go, he drives to New Orleans, where he has the phone number of a man he met briefly and kissed once.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful Author
- De Rebecca en 01-31-25
De: Rex Ogle
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Abuela, Don't Forget Me
- De: Rex Ogle
- Narrado por: Ramon De Ocampo
- Duración: 3 h y 28 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 18
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The sort of grandmother I wish I had.
- De brian en 09-06-22
De: Rex Ogle
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Westfallen
- De: Ann Brashares, Ben Brashares
- Narrado por: Carlotta Brentan, André Santana
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 8
Henry, Frances, and Lukas are neighbors, and they used to be best friends. But in middle school Frances got emo, Lukas went to private school, and Henry just felt left behind. When they come together again for the funeral of a pet gerbil, the three ex-friends make a mind-blowing discovery: a radio, buried in Henry’s backyard, that allows them to talk to another group of kids in the same town...in the same backyard...eighty years in the past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great for middle grades and adults too!
- De Jennifer L. en 01-18-25
De: Ann Brashares, y otros
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The Benefits of Being an Octopus
- De: Ann Braden
- Narrado por: Amy Melissa Bentley
- Duración: 6 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 242
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 199
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 200
Seventh-grader Zoey has her hands full as she takes care of her much younger siblings after school every day while her mom works her shift at the pizza parlor. Not that her mom seems to appreciate it. At least there's Lenny, her mom's boyfriend - they all get to live in his nice, clean trailer. At school, Zoey tries to stay under the radar. Her only friend, Fuchsia, has her own issues, and since they're in an entirely different world than the rich kids, it's best if no one notices them. Zoey thinks how much easier everything would be if she were an octopus.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Amazing Book
- De Prime user en 08-03-20
De: Ann Braden
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The Book of Boy
- De: Catherine Gilbert Murdock
- Narrado por: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Duración: 6 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Boy has always been relegated to the outskirts of his small village. With a large hump on his back, a mysterious past, and a tendency to talk to animals, he is often mocked and abused by the other young people in his town. Until the arrival of a shadowy pilgrim named Secondus. Impressed with Boy's climbing and jumping abilities, Secondus engages Boy as his servant, pulling him into an expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What an adventure!!
- De Dana en 05-28-20
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The End of Poverty
- Economic Possibilities for Our Time
- De: Jeffrey Sachs
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hilgartner
- Duración: 13 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 235
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 150
Hailed by Time as one of the world's hundred most influential people, Jeffrey D. Sachs is renowned for his work around the globe advising economies in crisis. Now a classic of its genre, The End of Poverty distills more than 30 years of experience to offer a uniquely informed vision of the steps that can transform impoverished countries into prosperous ones. Sachs lays out a clear conceptual map of the world economy. In this 10th anniversary edition, Sachs presents an extensive new foreword assessing the progress of the past decade.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Call for Africa
- De Mr Conway en 08-03-12
De: Jeffrey Sachs
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Four Eyes
- Four Eyes, Book 1
- De: Rex Ogle
- Narrado por: Benjamin Valic
- Duración: 2 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 9
Sixth grade isn't as great as Rex thought it would be. He's the only kid who hasn't had a growth spurt, and the bullies won't let him forget it. His closest friend is unreliable, at best. And there's a cute girl in his class who he can't stop thinking about. With so much going on, everything is a blur—including Rex's vision! So when he discovers that he needs glasses, and his family can only afford the ugliest pair in the store, any hope Rex had of fitting in goes completely out of focus.
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5 out of 5 stars
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(READ THIS REVIEW) DO NOT BUY! THIS BOOK IS TOO GOOD FOR ANYONE!
- De asdf en 05-28-25
De: Rex Ogle
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Echo
- De: Pam Muñoz Ryan
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews, Mark Bramhall, David deVries, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,356
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,998
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,993
Audie Award, Middle Grade, 2016. Lost and alone in the forbidden Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each become sinterwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives, binding them by an invisible thread of destiny. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best audio productions I have heard
- De tru britty en 07-28-15
De: Pam Muñoz Ryan
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Heart of a Samurai
- De: Margi Preus
- Narrado por: James Yaegashi
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 181
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 181
Praised as “a timeless tale” by Booklist in a starred review, this Newbery Honor book by Margi Preus explores the cultural divide between the East and West circa 1841. When Manjiro, a Japanese teenager, is thrown from his fishing boat during a storm, he’s rescued by an American whaling ship. Befriending the ship’s captain, Manjiro decides to travel with the crew to Massachusetts. But years later, when Manjiro attempts to return to his homeland, he’s imprisoned as an outsider
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful !
- De Kimberly en 02-21-16
De: Margi Preus
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Punching the Air
- De: Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam
- Narrado por: Ethan Herisse
- Duración: 4 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 437
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 374
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 371
Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. "Boys just being boys" turns out to be true only when those boys are white. At just sixteen years old, Amal's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read for educators
- De Sara W en 01-17-21
De: Ibi Zoboi, y otros
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The Wednesday Wars
- De: Gary D. Schmidt
- Narrado por: Joel Johnstone
- Duración: 7 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 838
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 718
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 716
Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Mrs. Baker doesn’t like Holling - he’s sure of it. Why else would she make him read the plays of William Shakespeare outside class? But everyone has bigger things to worry about, like Vietnam.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Happy Book
- De David Tousey en 11-01-20
De: Gary D. Schmidt
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The Lost Year
- A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine
- De: Katherine Marsh
- Narrado por: Anna Fikhman, Christopher Gebauer, Jesse Vilinsky, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 35
Thirteen-year-old Matthew is miserable. His journalist dad is stuck overseas indefinitely, and his mom has moved in his one-hundred-year-old great-grandmother to ride out the pandemic, adding to his stress and isolation. But when Matthew finds a tattered black-and-white photo in his great-grandmother’s belongings, he discovers a clue to a hidden chapter of her past, one that will lead to a life-shattering family secret.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Impactful historical novel
- De Donna R en 05-15-25
De: Katherine Marsh
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The Supernatural Society
- De: Rex Ogle
- Narrado por: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Duración: 5 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8
When all the town pets (including Fitz) go missing, Will suspects there’s something sinister going on. So he joins forces with outcast Ivy and super-smart Linus to uncover the ancient secrets of East Emerson. Besides, nothing bad could happen when three sixth graders team up against monsters, magic, myths, and mad science . . . right?
De: Rex Ogle
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Wolf Hollow
- De: Lauren Wolk
- Narrado por: Emily Rankin
- Duración: 6 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 653
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 576
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 575
Despite growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and though her bullying seems isolated at first, it quickly escalate. Toby, a reclusive World War I veteran, soon becomes the target of her attacks. While others have always seen Toby’s strangeness, Annabelle knows only kindness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Book...not just for YA
- De Raelene Vautrin en 11-29-17
De: Lauren Wolk
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Book Scavenger
- De: Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
- Narrado por: Jessica Almasy
- Duración: 8 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,163
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,024
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,025
For 12-year-old Emily, the best thing about moving to San Francisco is that it's the home city of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, book publisher and creator of the online sensation Book Scavenger (a game where books are hidden in cities all over the country and clues to find them are revealed through puzzles). Upon her arrival, however, Emily learns that Griswold has been attacked and is now in a coma, and no one knows anything about the epic new game he had been poised to launch.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bibliophile? - Check this out!
- De ASW en 03-05-16
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Orbiting Jupiter
- De: Gary D. Schmidt
- Narrado por: Zachary Roe
- Duración: 2 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8
The two-time Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt delivers the shattering story of Joseph, a father at 13 who has never seen his daughter, Jupiter. After spending time in a juvenile facility, he’s placed with a foster family on a farm in rural Maine. Here Joseph, damaged and withdrawn, meets 12-year-old Jack, who narrates the account of the troubled, passionate teen who wants to find his baby at any cost. In this riveting novel, two boys discover the true meaning of family and the sacrifices it requires.
De: Gary D. Schmidt
Narrator was awesome
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Grown-up, sad/emotional, beautiful
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the narrative was amazing
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The content.
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Can’t stop listening
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Perspective
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really sad
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Perspective Changer
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This is about as real as you can get
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Amazing
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