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Okay for Now
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Overview
This is an overview of the first edition of Okay for Now, a humorous Young Adult novel by award-winning author, Gary D. Schmidt. Published in 2011, this children’s novel was nominated for the National Book Award for Young People’s literature. Other works by Schmidt include Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (2004), The Wednesday Wars (2007), and The Labors of Hercules Beal (2023).
Plot Summary
Doug Swieteck, a middle schooler, is the child of an abusive, alcoholic father with two abusive, trouble-maker brothers, Christopher and Lucas. Doug’s soul comfort is making his mother, an avid homemaker and gardener, smile. Doug relates that his most prized possession came from Joe Pepitone, a major league baseball player who visited Doug’s high school and left him his baseball cap. Christopher quickly stole the hat and passed it around to his friends, devastating Doug. As the story opens, Doug’s father loses his job, forcing the family to move to Marysville, New York. Doug’s mother breaks up her beloved garden plot, and Doug’s best friend, Holling Hoodhood, gives him Joe Pepitone’s jacket as a parting gift.
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