Okay for Now: A National Book Award Winner

Okay for Now: A National Book Award Winner - Paperback

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Okay for Now: A National Book Award Winner - Paperback

Okay for Now: A National Book Award Winner - Paperback

by Gary D. Schmidt
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Book Overview

Beloved author Gary D. Schmidt expertly blends comedy and tragedy in the story of Doug Swieteck, an unhappy "teenage thug" first introduced in The Wednesday Wars, who finds consolation and a sense of possibility in friendship and art.

At once heartbreaking and hopeful, this absorbing novel centers on Doug, 14, who has an abusive father, a bully for a brother, a bad reputation, and shameful secrets to keep. Teachers and police and his relatives think he's worthless, and he believes them, holding others at arm's length. Newly arrived in town, he starts out on the same path--antagonizing other kids, mouthing off to teachers, contemptuous of everything intimidating or unfamiliar. Who would have thought that the public library would turn out to be a refuge and an inspiration, that a snooty librarian might be a friend, or that snarky redheaded Lil would like him--really like him? With more than his share of pain, including the return of his oldest brother from the Vietnam War, shattered and angry, will Doug find anything better than "okay for now"?
ISBN9780544022805
Author Gary D. Schmidt
PublisherClarion Books
GenreChildren and Family
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2013
LanguageENG- English
Pages384
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids and Teens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Gary D. Schmidt

Gary D. Schmidt is the best-selling author of Okay for Now, the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, and the Newbery Honor book The Wednesday Wars. He lives in Alto, Michigan, and is a professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids. Visit www.hmhbooks.com/schmidt.

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