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Okay for Now

Okay for Now

by Gary D. Schmidt
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About this book

Midwesterner Gary D. Schmidt won Newbery Honor awards for Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boysand 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.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780547152608
ISBN10 0547152604
Series/Work OL16151511W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Clarion Books
Language EN-US
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

Birds of America (Audubon, John James) Children's fiction Coming of age Dysfunctional families Families Family, fiction Family life Family problems Fiction Friendship History Junior high schools Juvenile fiction New york (n.y.), fiction New York Times bestseller nyt:chapter-books=2011-05-01 Schools Schools, fiction Theater

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