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Okay for Now

Gary D. Schmidt

4.2/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 360

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Clarion Books

Release: April 05, 2011

ISBN: 0547152604

ISBN 13: 9780547152608

Okay for Now

Gary D. Schmidt

4.2/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 360

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Clarion Books

Release: April 05, 2011

ISBN: 0547152604

ISBN 13: 9780547152608

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