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. 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.

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. So begins a coming-of-age masterwork full of equal parts comedy and tragedy from Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Russell Aaron Copland's Autobiography: Manuscript Edition, and he stopped laughing.2011 National Book Award FinalistAs 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. Russell took the banana bread outside to break it up for the birds-'Let's hope they like bananas'-and then I showed Mr. Russell said, 'I hate bananas too,' and you can imagine us all laughing until we were crying and finally Mrs. Russell came out to the kitchen to see what was so funny and she showed him the banana bread and he said, 'I hate bananas,' and we all started to laugh until Mrs. Schmidt is a Professor of English at Calvin College, where he teaches courses in writing, medieval literature, and children's literature. Russell picked up the plate with the banana bread on it, and you might not believe this, but she started to laugh and laugh a d laugh, until Mr. Okay for Now Finalist, National Book Awards 2011 for Young People's Literature ISBN 9780547152608 Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Gary D. Russell said, 'Jam? Then you wouldn't be able to taste the bananas,' and James said, 'Ma, I hate bananas,' and she said, 'But I'm sure that Doug enjoys them,' and I said, 'I think I'm still full from lunch, so the milk's fine,' and then Mrs. The genre of Okay For Now is realistic fiction. As he thinks of this town as a mistake and dump, he does not realize things about himself and that have shown like how he draws or how he is connecting with the people around him. Banana bread! And James said, 'How about we have some jam with that?' and Mrs. Schmidt a young kid named Doug moves to a new house nobodys happy about. Russell came back, she came back with a loaf of banana bread. I held my breath because of the last special treat at the Daughertys', but it didn't help, because when Mrs. 'And I have a special treat for you,' she said.

Schmidt (Author) 1,299 ratings Teachers' pick See all formats and editions Kindle 0.00 Give this and thousands of kid-friendly books with Amazon Kids+ Audiobook 0. Russell made us both sit down with a glass of milk. Okay for Now: A National Book Award Winner Paperback Illustrated, Februby Gary D.

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