Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse.
When Rex was outed the summer after he graduated high school, his father gave him a choice: he could stay at home, find a girlfriend, and attend church twice a week, or he could be gay ― and leave.
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Sixth grade isn't as great as Rex thought it would be. He's the only kid who hasn't had a growth spurt, and the bullies won't let him forget it. His closest friend is unreliable, at best.
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On the first day of seventh grade, Rex encounters a bump in the road -- a big angry pimple right in the center of his forehead. And this is only the beginning of his problems.
Will Hunter thought his life couldn’t get any worse.
Things are starting to look up for Will Hunter in East Emerson.
Will Hunter just wants a quiet day in East Emerson.
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Lucia Castillo dreams of being a hero like her grandfather. But to the people in their Texas town, he was just a strange old man who dressed up as a knight and claimed to save the world from monsters only he could see.