Schmidt, Gary D. <br/><br/>
Okay for now / 
Gary D. Schmidt. 
 - Boston :  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,  c2011. 
 - 360 p. :  ill. ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Sandpiper." 
<br/><br/> Wilson's Children, September 2011  Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011  School Library Journal starred, April 2011  Booklist starred, April 2011  Library Media Connection starred, August 2011  Kirkus Starred, March 2011  New York Times, May 2011  Horn Book, May 2011  Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2011  Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2011 
<br/><br/> Fourteen-year-old Doug Swieteck faces many challenges, including an abusive father, a brother traumatized by Vietnam, suspicious teachers and police officers, and isolation, but when he meets a girl known as Lil Spicer, he develops a close relationship with her and finds a safe place at the local library. 
<br/><br/> 4.9.  5-8  Follett School Solutions. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780544022805 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.  Birds of America --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Junior high schools--Fiction.<br/>School stories.<br/>Friendship--Fiction.<br/>Family life--New York (State)--Fiction.<br/>Bildungsromans.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Bildungsromans.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]