Free Lunch
by Rex Ogle
Winner of the 2020 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award.
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2019
Word Count 47,953
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 540L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 505596, 7 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Middle schools--United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
- Poor--United States--Biography
- Autobiographies
- Food
- Middle school students
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Topics)
- United States
- Middle school students--Juvenile literature
- Ogle, Rex--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Homelessness & Poverty
- Juvenile Nonfiction | School & Education
- Children--United States--Biography
- School children--Food--Juvenile literature
- School children
- Childhood and youth
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Ogle, Rex
- Hunger--Juvenile literature
- Poor children
- Poor children--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Hunger
- School children--Food
- Lists With This Book
- Hi/Lo Nonfiction
- Read Alikes for Little Women
- Preventing Bias-Based Bullying Secondary
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
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Book Readings 1
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Book Trailers 2
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Awards & Distinctions 4
YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2024
Winner, 2020
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2020
In the Margins Book Awards, 2014-2024
Nonfiction Honor, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2019
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