Okay for Now

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Hardcover
Author: Gary D. Schmidt
Publisher: Clarion Books
Publish Date: April 2011
Language: English
Reading Level: 4.9
EAN: 9780547152608

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Overview

2011 National Book Award Finalist

As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him. So begins a coming-of-age masterwork full of equal parts comedy and tragedy from Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt. As Doug struggles to be more than the “skinny thug” that his teachers and the police think him to be, he finds an unlikely ally in Lil Spicer–a fiery young lady who “smelled like daisies would smell if they were growing in a big field under a clearing sky after a rain.” In Lil, Doug finds the strength to endure an abusive father, the suspicions of a whole town, and the return of his oldest brother, forever scarred, from Vietnam. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon’s birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage. In this stunning novel, Schmidt expertly weaves multiple themes of loss and recovery in a story teeming with distinctive, unusual characters and invaluable lessons about love, creativity, and survival.

Details

Pages: 368
Dimensions: 8.51 x 5.96 x 1.2 in
Lexile Score: 850
Interest Level: Middle Grade (MG)
Point Value: 11
ISBN: 0547152604

Awards

2016 Iowa Teen Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2014 Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee (Children's Book)
2014 Golden Archer Award - Nominee (Middle/Junior High)
2014 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2014 Nevada Young Readers' Award - Nominee (Intermediate)
2014 Nutmeg Book Award - Nominee (Teen)
2014 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee (Grades 4-8)
2014 Sequoyah Book Awards - Winner (Intermediate)
2014 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2014 Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee (Middle School)
2014 William Allen White Childens Book Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2014 Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee (Middle Grades)
2014 Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee (Intermediate/Grades 7-9)
2013 Beehive Awards - Nominee (Young Adult)
2013 Buckeye Children's Book Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2013 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2013 Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee (Tween)
2013 Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2013 Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee (Middle School)
2013 Rhode Island Teen Book Award - Nominee (Ages 12 & Up)
2013 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee (Junior Book)
2013 Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee (High School)
2013 Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee (Middle School)
2012 Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee (Grades 6-9)
2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended (Ten to Fourteen)
2012 Isinglass Teen Read Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2012 Jefferson Cup - Winner (Young Adult)
2012 Land of Enchantment Book Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2012 Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended (Young Adult)
2011 National Book Awards - Finalist (Young People's Lit.)