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Title
Okay for now

Personal Author EPSB
Gary D. Schmidt

Summary
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.

Year Published
2011

Physical Description
360 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Reading Grade level
MIXED with her and finds BOOK safe place at the local library.

Grade Interest level
5-8

Program Information
Gr. 7+

Awards
YRCA 2014 Intermediate Division Nominee

Personal Subject
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America-Fiction.

Subject
Humorous fiction.
 
Junior high schools -- Fiction.
 
Friendship -- Fiction.
 
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
 
School stories.
 
Family life -- New York (State) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.

Genre
Bildungsromans.

Summary
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.

ISBN
9780544022805

Publisher
New York : Sandpiper, c2011.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
D.S. MacKenzieF SCHBook30522000252863Realistic Fiction
D.S. MacKenzieF SCHBook30522000252871Realistic Fiction