Okay for Now 英文原著

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.

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加里•施密特

美国著名儿童文学作家，曾两度荣获纽伯瑞儿童文学奖，现任密歇根州凯尔文大学教授。2004年，《鲸眼》获得纽伯瑞文学奖，并被美国图书馆协会、《学校图书馆期刊》评为年度好书。2005年，《第一个男孩》入围马克•吐温奖。2008年，《星期三的战争》再度摘得纽伯瑞文学奖。2011年，《周末图书馆》入选美国国家图书奖，并被评为亚马逊年度最佳学生读物。