Description: From award-winning author Rex Ogle, a mixed-format middle grade novel about three boys who skip school, told in verse, prose, and comics.
Brief description: Rex Ogle is the award-winning author of Free Lunch, Punching Bag, Abuela, Don't Forget Me, Road Home, and, most recently, When We Ride. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Review Quotes: Absent is a book that reminds us why books are so important. The story shines a spotlight on three children in profoundly difficult situations who are saved by art, by the love of an adult willing to listen to them, and by each other. Rex Ogle gives us the chance to see ourselves, and those sharing the world with us, in a whole new light.-- "Brian Selznick, author and illustrator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret"