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Okay for Now

“Mr. Powell raised an eyebrow. 'I'm a librarian,' he said. 'I always know what I'm talking about.”

Gary D. Schmidt book Okay for Now

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“Mrs. Daugherty was keeping my bowl of cream of wheat hot, and she had a special treat with it, she said. It was bananas.

In the whole story of the world, bananas have never once been a special treat.”

Gary D. Schmidt book Okay for Now

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“It means, Doug Swieteck, that in this class, you are not your brother.”

Gary D. Schmidt book Okay for Now

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“You know, when someone has been crying, something gets left in the air. It's not something you can see or smell, or feel. Or draw. But it's there.”

Gary D. Schmidt book Okay for Now

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“OKAY. So I was going to the library every Saturday. So what? So what? It's not like I was reading books or anything.”

Gary D. Schmidt book Okay for Now

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“She came over and looked at the picture. Then she took my hand.
You know what that feels like?
Like what the astronauts will feel when they step onto the moon for the very first time.”

Gary D. Schmidt book Okay for Now

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