When We Ride

Rex Ogle

When We Ride

Rex Ogle

Norton Young Readers

Childhood friends Benny and Lawson have grown up side by side in poverty. Benny is the straight guy and Lawson supplies the fun, in more than one sense– he deals to help his mom make rent. When Lawson’s increasingly desperate needs put both their futures in jeopardy, Benny has to make the hardest of choices. This is the epitome of Devastation Lit– meaning you will forever be changed by this haunting novel in verse.

Content Warnings: drug use, addiction, violence

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Rex Ogle

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https://www.rexogle.com/

REX OGLE is an award-winning author of more than a hundred books, comics, graphic novels, and memoirs—most notably Free Lunch (winner of the ALA/YALSA award for Excellence in Non-Fiction), Abuela Don’t Forget Me (ALA/YALSA award for Excellence in Non-Fiction finalist), Road Home (a Micheal Printz Honor and Stonewall Honor book), and middle grade graphic novels Four Eyes and Pizza Face.

Under his pseudonym REY TERCIERO, he also re-imagines classics as modern and diverse graphic novels, including Meg, Jo, Beth, & Amy, Northranger (nominated for both Harvey and GLAAD Media Awards), and Dan in Green Gables.

Born and raised in Texas, Rex now lives in Los Angeles where he writes every day—when he’s not reading X-Men, gaming with friends, or chasing his dog, Toby, trying to score a hug.

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