TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmidt,Gary D.
TI  - Okay for now
SN  - 9780544022805
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
KW  - Audubon, John James,
KW  - Junior high schools
KW  - Fiction
KW  - sears
KW  - School stories
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Family life
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - Bildungsromans
KW  - gsafd
N1  - "Sandpiper."; 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; 4.9; 5-8; Follett School Solutions; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 4.9; 11.0; 143203; NBEV
N2  - 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
ER  -