Abuela, Don’t Forget Me
Written by Rex Ogle
Published by Norton Young Readers
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.
Primary ISBN: 9781324019954
Publication Date: September 2022
Available As: Hardcover, Audiobook, eBook, Paperback
Young Adult , Age 13 or older
Community Represented: Unspecified (Hispanic/Latinx/Latine)
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Format: Novel In Verse, Generation: 2nd, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing
Setting: United States (Texas)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: 2nd Generation
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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