(Clarion Books) In "Okay for Now," eighth-grader Doug Swieteck 鈥� a lesser character in Gary D. Schmidt's 2007 Newbery Honor-winning 鈥淭he Wednesday Wars 鈥� is not happy about his family鈥檚 move. He detests their new house 鈥� which he refers to as 鈥淭he Dump鈥� 鈥� and his beloved Yankees aren鈥檛 even playing on the boring neighbor鈥檚 transistor radio in his boring new town. Meanwhile, his mother is worried about Doug鈥檚 oldest brother who鈥檚 off fighting in a Vietnam delta somewhere. Monitor reviewer Augusta Scattergood called this book for tween readers an "often heartbreaking but always funny novel," in which "Schmidt ties complicated threads into a remarkably satisfying story."
