So this is a novel about this kid trying to do that, surrounded by people who come to love and cherish him." "He has no resources, no way to do it, but he's determined to try and get all nine of those plates back.
"Doug, who is so beat-up, wants one thing in his life, just one thing in his life, that's whole," says Schmidt. When he notices that nine of the pages with plates of birds have been cut out with a razor blade, he resolves to track them down. But he brings all of his beat-upedness with him."Įventually, Doug finds his way to the local library, where he discovers a beautiful edition of John James Audubon's Birds of America. "And he comes to a new town, trying to find a new way to start. Schmidt explains to NPR's Michele Norris. "He has a beat-up situation, a beat-up family, a beat-up house," author Gary D. So it's easy to understand why Doug, the protagonist of our latest book for NPR's Backseat Book Club, Okay for Now, is anything but a happy-go-lucky kid. He has just moved to a new town, where he doesn't have any friends, and where his teachers - and the police - think of him as nothing more than a "skinny thug." How?įourteen-year-old Doug Swieteck seems to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Okay for Now Author Gary D.
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