Rex's Struggles in School

He hated grocery shopping because he never got to pick out foods that he wanted.

Liam

He feels nervous because he doesn't want to be in the free lunch program and he doesn't know how it works.

<p>Everyone at his school is rich and they have nice clothes and supplies and their parents look nice and he wishes that was his life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Don't spend time wanting things you can't have. Be clean, dress nice and neat, be polite and get good grades.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two of her sisters died because they were sick and her parents couldn't afford the antibiotics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>$40 but mom took $20</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He pulls the list out of his pocket.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She says they are too expensive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He says it makes his skin crawl because everyone watches.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because he doesn't want Zach to know he gets free lunch. Rex thinks Zach will make fun of him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mrs. Winstead</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He thinks about hurting a girl who is making fun of someone for being poor, but then he feels very guilty for thinking it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He points to the red folder and says 'Page 14, Rex Ogle'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He told their friends that Zach wears makeup to cover up his zits because Zach made fun of him for not playing football.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They left Rex and Ford alone at home.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The apartment manager's son who went to 'juvie'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Jack Daniel's Whiskey</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He chokes him to cut off his oxygen so he passes out.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He doesn't like Charlie because he keeps pressuring the other kids to do things they don't want to do.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He took Ford out and they each got ice cream.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>There were emergency vehicles because the boys Rex left were drinking the chemical Freon and they got really sick because it is poisonous.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They thought Rex did it too, but when they found out he took Ford for ice cream, mom and Sam both hugged the boys.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was the first family hug he ever had.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is mad because Rex left the apartments with Ford, even though Rex took him away from the kids who were doing dangerous things.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>X Men and X factor comic books</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They should be killed because if they go to jail they will just get out and keep hurting people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He wishes he could hurt Sam and his mom they way they hurt him but he doesn't think he could.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She thinks abuela is spoiling them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No one will hit him in front of her.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To take out his glass eye</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They got kicked out of Vista Nueva</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He thinks they are moving into a house but they are moving into public housing, a step down from where he lived before.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They can no longer afford to pay for the apartment because they are 'drowning in debt'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To the pawn shop for money to pay the bills</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>You can see all the people who have everything they want, but not everyone has that privilege because they can't find work or make enough money.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because he said it will remind him of the fun he is missing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He steals 4 candy bars and a pack of starburst.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He says, 'I don't know. Because I can'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He thought Ethan was a weirdo when they met, but now he is glad they are friends because Ethan is a good person. Rex hopes if he keeps hanging out with Ethan, he will be a good person too.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She hugs Rex and smiles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A bunch of X-men comics</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A check for $50 from his dad, a check for $51 from his mom, and a brand new Nintendo from Sam.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That he is embarrassed by his parents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>There is a lot that they don't know about each other.</p> Signup and view all the answers