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Abuela, Don't Forget Me
Abuela, Don't Forget Me
Rex Ogle
On Sale Date: March 19, 2024
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25K First Print - now in paperback - 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.
- Fans of Free Lunch and Punching Bag will enjoy seeing a new part of Rex's life, this done as a novel in verse, which is a format doing quite well and that kids like. Many who have read his other books have asked for more about his grandmother, and here it is
- As his readers know, his Abuela was quite central to his life including taking him to the library and encouraging him to read, as well as more literally saving his life when he was destitute. Now she is living with dementia and this is a portrait of her as she is starting to forget things, he's looking back through his life, through trips they took together. We see the dark things that happened in his life but this is much more celebratory and tender than his last books.
- "she may forget, but the memories are captured like insects in amber" he writes in the intro
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