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Gary D. Schmidt

Born

in Hicksville, NY, The United States

January 01, 1957

Website

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Children's, 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. ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 202,786 ratings · 35,269 reviews · 76 distinct works • Similar authors

	Orbiting Jupiter 4.23 avg rating — 58,876 ratings — published 2015 — 34 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
	The Wednesday Wars 4.12 avg rating — 47,587 ratings — published 2007 — 41 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 4.25 avg rating — 38,779 ratings — published 2011 — 33 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 3.92 avg rating — 10,957 ratings — published 2004 — 30 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
	The Labors of Hercules Beal 4.49 avg rating — 7,698 ratings — published 2023 — 8 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 4.37 avg rating — 3,892 ratings — published 2021 — 12 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 4.08 avg rating — 4,030 ratings — published 2019 — 16 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) 3.93 avg rating — 3,855 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
	Jupiter Rising 4.46 avg rating — 2,556 ratings — 8 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 3.36 avg rating — 1,716 ratings — published 2012 — 16 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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“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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Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt

14 votes 37.8%

Bless This Mouse by Lois Lowry

6 votes 16.2%

The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens

5 votes 13.5%

A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull

2 votes 5.4%

Liar, Liar: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Deception by Gary Paulsen

2 votes 5.4%

Emeral Atlas (write-in)

2 votes 5.4%

Okay for now

2 votes 5.4%

The Emerald Atlas (write-in)

2 votes 5.4%

Hurricane Dancers by Margarita Engle

1 vote 2.7%

Juniper Berry by M.P. Kozlowsky

1 vote 2.7%

The Trouble With Chickens by Doreen Cronin

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Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney

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