Gary D. Schmidt

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January 01, 1957 in The United States

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Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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Gary D. Schmidt is an American children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels, including two Newbery Honor books. He lives on a farm in Alto, Michigan,with his wife and six children, where he splits wood, plants gardens, writes, feeds the wild cats that drop by and wishes that sometimes the sea breeze came that far inland. He is a Professor of English at Calvin College.

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Average rating: 4.11 · 18,355 ratings · 5,204 reviews · 43 distinct works

	The Wednesday Wars 4.12 avg rating — 8,717 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Okay for Now 4.34 avg rating — 5,103 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 3.85 avg rating — 2,624 ratings — published 2004 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt, Jason Culp (Read by) 3.90 avg rating — 1,021 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Straw Into Gold 3.53 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	My rating:
	First Boy 3.11 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost by Gary D. Schmidt, Henri Sorensen, Robert Frost 4.10 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Sin Eater 3.75 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Mara's Stories: Glimmers in the Darkness 3.94 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Gary D. Schmidt, Barry Moser 3.75 avg rating — 15,518 ratings — published 1678 — 457 editions	My rating:

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“Mr. Powell raised an eyebrow. 'I'm a librarian,' he said. 'I always know what I'm talking about.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, Okay for Now

tags: librarians

62 people liked it

“Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

tags: art , books , ideas

43 people liked it

“Vengeance is sweet. Vengeance taken when the vengee isn't sure who the venger is, is sweeter still.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars

tags: humor , vengeance

35 people liked it

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Divergent by Veronica Roth

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Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

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Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt

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The Newbery Award...: 2008 Honor - The Wednesday Wars	1	8	Feb 08, 2010 10:00am
The Newbery Award...: 2005 Honor - Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy	6	19	May 10, 2010 12:47pm
Young Adult Ficti...: Help with Recommendations for YA BOY books	51	193	Nov 20, 2010 03:45pm
The Seasonal Read...: Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)	2596	666	Feb 28, 2011 09:05pm
Mr. Morgan's Engl...: February/March Book Read	58	56	May 05, 2011 06:44pm
Mock Newbery 2013: Starting Over	75	267	Jul 26, 2011 09:02pm
Mock Newbery 2013: July Read - Okay for Now	23	86	Aug 28, 2011 03:15pm
The Seasonal Read...: Summer Challenge 2011 - Completed task posts with ?s/problems	271	247	Aug 31, 2011 08:42pm

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