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Gary D. Schmidt

Hardcover | Pages: 360 pages

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Original Title:	Okay for Now
ISBN:	0547152604 (ISBN13: 9780547152608)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Doug Swieteck, Lil Spicer, Lucas Swieteck, Christopher Swieteck
Literary Awards:	Odyssey Award Nominee (2012), Audie Award Nominee for Teens (2012), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2013), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2013), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2012) National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature (2011), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2011), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2014)

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Midwesterner Gary D. Schmidt won Newbery Honor awards for Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boys and The Wednesday Wars, two coming-of-age novels about unlikely friends finding a bond. Okay For Now, his latest novel, explores another seemingly improbable alliance, this one between new outsider in town Doug Swieteck and Lil Spicer, the savvy spitfire daughter of his deli owner boss. With her challenging assistance, Doug discovers new sides of himself. Along the way, he also readjusts his relationship with his abusive father, his school peers, and his older brother, a newly returned war victim of Vietnam.

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Title	:	Okay for Now
Author	:	Gary D. Schmidt
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 360 pages
Published	:	April 5th 2011 by Clarion Books
Categories	:	Young Adult. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Realistic Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade

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Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. This book broke my heart about 17 times and patched it back together each time. Review: http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/2011/...

I don't think I've cried this much over a book since Mockingjay. Okay for Now must be one of the most bitter-sweet stories out there. Exhilarating is probably the best word to describe it. If you've read The Wednesday Wars, you already know the main character of this novel - Doug Swieteck. While this companion novel follows the formula and themes of The Wednesday Wars, Doug's story is a heavier one. Holling's problems are nothing compared to Doug's. His father is quick with his hands, his elder

I wrote this in August 2012: This is a very moving book by Calvin College English Professor Gary Schmidt that should be up for Printz and National Book awards. It's about the redemptive power of art in the face of trauma. It's also about the healing power of teaching, and about writing; all the characters are sharply etched, the dialogue is spot on, it's wrenchingly sad and also very funny, but is especially moving as Schmidt examines (through the teaching of an artist-librarian) the composition

My favourite books are always those that prove me wrong, that break my own rules. I used to say I didn't like the traditional or "high" fantasy genre, and then Megan Whalen Turner and Melina Marchetta proved that I had actually just not found the right brand of traditional fantasy to suit me. As a rule, I tend to avoid like the plague young adult books that are about dealing with the death of a loved one or teenage pregnancy... but Please Ignore Vera Dietz and How to Save a Life proved that I

This incredible book deals with some very heavy themes, yet it never presents them in a sappy or preachy way, so in a sea of coming-of-age novels that come off like afterschool specials, Okay for Now dares to not sugarcoat anything but to still display the true meaning of family in dire times.

The last book I read over the holiday break was an e-galley of Gary Schmidt's OKAY FOR NOW, a fantastic and (is it possible?) even stronger follow-up to THE WEDNESDAY WARS. It's a companion book, rather than a sequel, since this one is told through the eyes of Holling Hoodhood's classmate, 14-year-old Doug Swieteck as his family moves to a stupid new town where he has no friends and where everyone seems intent on judging him based on the reputation of his scofflaw older brother. The voice in

http://www.gerberadaisydiaries.com/20...Consider the following: an author proposes writing a middle grade novel involving John James Audubons Birds of America, an emotionally abusive father, a Vietnam veteran brother, the classic novel Jane Eyre, the New York Yankees, an eccentric playwright, a business executive who is both an expert at horseshoes as he is at cultivating orchids you would probably consider him crazy and usher him out the door. But only author Gary Schmidt could weave all the