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

美國著名兒童文學(xué)作家，曾兩度榮獲紐伯瑞兒童文學(xué)獎，現(xiàn)任密歇根州凱爾文大學(xué)教授。2004年，《鯨眼》獲得紐伯瑞文學(xué)獎，并被美國圖書館協(xié)會、《學(xué)校圖書館期刊》評為年度好書。2005年，《第一個男孩》入圍馬克?吐溫獎。2008年，《星期三的戰(zhàn)爭》再度摘得紐伯瑞文學(xué)獎。2011年，《周末圖書館》入選美國國家圖書獎，并被評為亞馬遜年度最佳學(xué)生讀物。