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A review by avonleagal
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
5.0
“I’m not going to break either. One in four, and I’m the one.”
When I was looking for a quote to sum up Okay for Now, I came across this one. At first, I wasn’t too sure about it. It came later in the book, and the main character didn’t even say it. But the longer I think about it, the more it hits me.
I read Okay for Now for the first time when I was around 13, and I loved it so much that I read it again and again and again. There’s even been a couple times I’ve finished it and started it again right away. I do tend to reread my favorites a lot, but how many books is it bearable to read in at least the double digits?
Doug touched me like no other character. When things start to go pretty good, something usually happens to turn everything bad. His father made them move to Marysville, New York, and that’s when things start to happen. He meets Lil Spicer, Mrs. Windermere, and the Artic Tern. At least, a picture of one.
I love this book so much. The Jane Eyre references, Joe Pepitone. Everything. It quite possibly won’t mean the same thing to you that it did to me,but I hope you at least give it a try.
Reread October 2023
When I was looking for a quote to sum up Okay for Now, I came across this one. At first, I wasn’t too sure about it. It came later in the book, and the main character didn’t even say it. But the longer I think about it, the more it hits me.
I read Okay for Now for the first time when I was around 13, and I loved it so much that I read it again and again and again. There’s even been a couple times I’ve finished it and started it again right away. I do tend to reread my favorites a lot, but how many books is it bearable to read in at least the double digits?
Doug touched me like no other character. When things start to go pretty good, something usually happens to turn everything bad. His father made them move to Marysville, New York, and that’s when things start to happen. He meets Lil Spicer, Mrs. Windermere, and the Artic Tern. At least, a picture of one.
I love this book so much. The Jane Eyre references, Joe Pepitone. Everything. It quite possibly won’t mean the same thing to you that it did to me,but I hope you at least give it a try.
Reread October 2023