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Gary D. Schmidt

Born

in Hicksville, NY, The United States

January 01, 1957

Website

http://www.hmhbooks.com/schmidt/

Genre

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: 4.12 · 142,476 ratings · 25,277 reviews · 50 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wednesday Wars 4.10 avg rating — 38,979 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orbiting Jupiter 4.24 avg rating — 33,687 ratings — published 2015 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Okay for Now 4.22 avg rating — 33,187 ratings — published 2011 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 3.90 avg rating — 9,749 ratings — published 2004 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt, Jason Culp (Narrator) 3.90 avg rating — 3,368 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pay Attention, Carter Jones 4.06 avg rating — 2,860 ratings — published 2019 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just Like That 4.42 avg rating — 1,715 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Came from the Stars 3.34 avg rating — 1,543 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Straw Into Gold 3.71 avg rating — 865 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom by Gary D. Schmidt, Daniel Minter (Illustrations) 4.48 avg rating — 601 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Gary D. Schmidt

“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

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“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

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“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

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We have read and discussed a lot of books this year, but have we missed your favorite?

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The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

37 votes 35.9%

Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt

27 votes 26.2%

The Marvels by Brian Selznick

26 votes 25.2%

Penderwicks in Spring (write-in)

5 votes 4.9%

The Thing About Jellyfish (write-in)

3 votes 2.9%

Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle (write-in)

2 votes 1.9%

The War That Saved My Life by Bradley

1 vote 1.0%

Marvels (write-in)

1 vote 1.0%

The thing about jellyfish (write-in)

1 vote 1.0%

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