Gary D. Schmidt is the best-selling author of Okay for Now, the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, and the Newbery Honor book The Wednesday Wars. He lives in Alto, Michigan, and is a professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids. www.hmhbooks.com/schmidt
"The ending is bittersweet but as satisfying as a two-box-of-tissues tearjerker can possibly be (in the realm of juvenile fiction, Schmidt is the master of the emotional gut-punch)." -- Horn Book Magazine"Told in Jack's spare, direct first-person voice, this story's style demonstrates the beautify of simplicity as it delineates the lives of its characters, each as superbly realized as the tumultuous New England setting." -- Booklist (starred review)"The matter-of-fact narrative voice ensures that the tragic plot never overwhelms this wrenching tale of growth and loss." -- School Library Journal (starred review)"A powerful story about second chances, all the more devastating because not everyone gets one." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)#9 Autumn 2015 -- Kids' Indie Next list
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