Rex Ogle

A distinctive new voice: Rex Ogle's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program is timely, heartbreaking, and true.

Free Lunch

"Frightening and fun!" -Neil Patrick Harris, New York Times bestselling author of The Magic Misfits Readers will be scared silly in this spooky and hilarious middle grade series starter about a town chock-full of monsters and the kids who must unravel centuries of secrets to save it. Will Hunter thought his life couldn't get any worse: His parents just got divorced, His best (and only) friend now is his dog, Fitz, And his mom moved them from New York City to the middle-of-nowhere town called East Emerson. But Will was wrong--things are about to get way worse. Because East Emerson is filled with a whole lot of monsters, and he's the only person who can see them. 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?

The Supernatural Society

Scott Snyder

Lowell Francis

Presents adventures from the upside-down world of Flashpoint in which Kal-El of Krypton never became Superman and lives as "Subject 1" in government lockup, and Traci 13 tries to prevent the world from further destruction.

The World of Flashpoint Featuring Superman

Flashpoint

Punching Bag

Dave Valeza

Based on a True Story

Four Eyes

The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence. Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in Free Lunch, here describes his struggle to survive; reflects on his complex, often paradoxical relationship with his passionate, fierce mother; and charts the trajectory of his stepdad’s anger. Hovering over Rex’s story is the talismanic presence of his unborn baby sister. Through it all, Rex threads moments of grace and humor that act as beacons of light in the darkness. Compulsively readable, beautifully crafted, and authentically told, Punching Bag is a remarkable memoir about one teenager’s cycle of violence, blame, and attempts to forgive his parents—and himself.

Nadia Shammas

Josh Trujillo

A.L.  Kaplan

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy go to extreme measures to get a little alone time…but there’s nowhere on the planet Crush can’t crash. Jon Kent gets a comprehensive course in dark magic when John Constantine sics a golem on him. Tim Drake and Connor Hawke learn that there is nothing more awkward than reuniting with an old friend after you’ve both come out and one of you was indoctrinated by the League of Shadows for a while. Circuit Breaker struggles to stifle his powers after the Flash of Earth-11 leaps out of the time stream and knocks them both into another dimension. Just how far would Flashlight go to honor his lost love? Discover all these stories and many more in DC Pride 2023!

DC Pride 2023 (2023) #1

Abuela, Don't Forget Me

Curse of the Werewolves

Rex Ogle’s companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother’s legacy. 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.

“Frightening and fun!” –Neil Patrick Harris, New York Times bestselling author of The Magic Misfits Readers will be scared silly in this spooky and hilarious middle grade series starter about a town chock-full of monsters and the kids who must unravel centuries of secrets to save it. Will Hunter thought his life couldn’t get any worse: His parents just got divorced, His best (and only) friend now is his dog, Fitz, And his mom moved them from New York City to the middle-of-nowhere town called East Emerson. But Will was wrong—things are about to get way worse. Because East Emerson is filled with a whole lot of monsters, and he’s the only person who can see them. 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?

Max Brallier

Veera Hiranandani

Sarah Mlynowski

Adam Gidwitz

Stuart Gibbs

Gordon Korman

Julie Buxbaum

Tom Angleberger

Hena Khan

Matt de la Peña

J. C. Cervantes

Pablo Cartaya

R.L. Stine

In a collection of personal stories and essays, award-winning and bestselling artists from Matt de la Peña and Veera Hiranandani to Max Brallier and R.L. Stine write about how hope always wins, even in the darkest of times. Where does hope live? In your family? In your community? In your school? In your heart? From a family restaurant to a hot-dog shaped car, from an empty road on a moonlight night to a classroom holiday celebration, this anthology of personal stories from award-winning and bestselling authors, shows that hope can live everywhere, even—or especially—during the darkest of times. No matter what happens: Hope wins. Contributors include: Tom Angleberger, James Bird, Max Brallier, Julie Buxbaum, Pablo Cartaya, J.C. Cervantes, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Peña, Stuart Gibbs, Adam Gidwitz, Karina Yan Glaser, Veera Hiranandani, Hena Khan, Gordon Korman, Janae Marks, Sarah Mlynowski, Rex Ogle, James Ponti, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Ronald L.Smith, Christina Soontornvat, and R.L. Stine.

A Collection of Inspiring Stories for Young Readers

Hope Wins

From Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza, the dynamic duo behind Four Eyes, comes this second installment in the humorous and heartfelt middle-school memoir series. With his new pair of glasses, Rex is finally starting to see his way through middle school. But on the first day of seventh grade, he encounters a bump in the road -- a big ooey, gooey bump right in the center of his forehead. And this giant zit is just the beginning of his problems. What follows next is an exhausting battle with stubborn acne, embarrassing body odor, and other awkward puberty developments. Still struggling with a home life fringing on the poverty line, Rex can't afford to buy the acne medication or deodorant he needs, and bullies are noticing Rex's uncomfortable transformation. On top of it all, things have gotten weird with his new girlfriend, Kennedy, making Rex feel like he can't do or say anything right. So far, seventh grade stinks!

Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #1)

Jake Black

Marc Bernardin

Scott Beatty

Jim Alexander

Jason Bischoff

Eugene Son

Rob Hoegee

Originally published by DC Comics as CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK issues #57, 58, and 61-67.

Powerless

Ben 10 Classics Volume 5

Blink

R. L. Stine

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Dominike "Domo" Stanton

The fear-soaked finale! Manipulated by the Occultist, Jessica has done the unthinkable and murdered her best friend, but her torments are far from over. Then, in our final terrifying trip into the haunted artifact room, Domo Stanton tells the heart-stopping tale of the Occultist’s Chalice!

DC Horror Presents: The Conjuring: The Lover (2021-) #5

Tim Seeley

Jessica’s dizzying descent into madness continues as she finds herself dealing with an act of violence she has no recollection of committing. To make matters worse, a crushing sense of isolation and paranoia drives her to the brink. Now, nearing emotional collapse, Jessica finds herself coming to terms with the terrifying reality that these ever-worsening events may not be the product of her deteriorating psyche, but of something else…something inhuman. Then, join us for a third terror-inducing tour of the Warrens’ haunted artifact museum and witness the spine-tingling origin of the accordion monkey by the dream team of Tim Seeley and Kelley Jones!

DC Horror Presents: The Conjuring: The Lover (2021-) #3

Felicia D. Henderson

The Hunt for Raven' finale! The quest has ended, but what damage has it dealt to the Teen Titans? Who is left standing, and who is ready to walk away? In the co-feature, the time has come for the Coven of Three to make their final choice: take the wishes they've earned and run—or save the world and lose everything forever!

Teen Titans (2003-2011) #87

The terrifying debut of the tie-in to The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It begins here, with a story that’s bursting at the seams with clues about the new film. Meet Jessica. Jessica just returned to her freshman year of college after winter break, bringing with her the anxieties of last semester’s poor grades, the awkwardness of facing a boy she wishes she’d never slept with, and an undeniably unnerving feeling of being watched. She soon comes to realize that something evil made her its target, and it will not rest until it has her in its unholy grip. But why did this sinister presence set its sights on a seemingly normal college freshman? Read this nerve-racking tale, creepily crafted by Conjuring screenwriter David L. Johnson-McGoldrick and Rex Ogle with heart-stopping art from Garry Brown and chill-inducing covers by Bill Sienkiewicz, to find out!The terrifying debut of the tie-in to The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It begins here, with a story that’s bursting at the seams with clues about the new film. Meet Jessica. Jessica just returned to her freshman year of college after winter break, bringing with her the anxieties of last semester’s poor grades, the awkwardness of facing a boy she wishes she’d never slept with, and an undeniably unnerving feeling of being watched. She soon comes to realize that something evil made her its target, and it will not rest until it has her in its unholy grip. But why did this sinister presence set its sights on a seemingly normal college freshman? Read this nerve-racking tale, creepily crafted by Conjuring screenwriter David L. Johnson-McGoldrick and Rex Ogle with heart-stopping art from Garry Brown and chill-inducing covers by Bill Sienkiewicz, to find out!

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