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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, 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 · 208,989 ratings · 36,324 reviews · 80 distinct works • Similar authors

	Orbiting Jupiter 4.23 avg rating — 60,720 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 4.13 avg rating — 48,865 ratings — published 2007	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 — 39,356 ratings — published 2011 — 35 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 3.93 avg rating — 11,099 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 4.48 avg rating — 8,433 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: A grieving girl at a 1968 boarding school and a boy fleeing a criminal past find unlikely friendship and hope 4.36 avg rating — 4,079 ratings — published 2021 — 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 4.08 avg rating — 4,138 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 — 3,907 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: A grieving foster brother finds strength on the cross-country team while fighting to keep his family together 4.45 avg rating — 2,933 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 — 1,741 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

133 likes

“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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It's our coming-in-second poll! The books included in this months poll were ranked highly in our monthly polls but lost by a few votes. It's time to give them another look.

What book should we read in October?

As always, you may write in titles, provided the book is a 2022 Newbery contender and already published.

Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh

21 votes 15.9%

Just Like That by Gary D. Schmidt

19 votes 14.4%

Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz

18 votes 13.6%

Rescue by Jennifer A. Nielsen

16 votes 12.1%

Alone by Megan E. Freeman

15 votes 11.4%

The Sea in Winter by Christine Day

14 votes 10.6%

The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan

6 votes 4.5%

Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff (write-in)

6 votes 4.5%

Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan (write-in)

4 votes 3.0%

Amber & Clay (write-in)

3 votes 2.3%

Finding Junie Kim (write-in)

2 votes 1.5%

Amber and Clay (write-in)

2 votes 1.5%

The Elephant in the Room (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

Rescue is my choice. I’ve read The Elephant in the Room and very enjoyed it! (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

Rescue is my vote. I have read Amber and Clay and really loved it,. (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

Finding Julie kim (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

Just Like That (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

The Sea in Winter (write-in)

1 vote 0.8%

Unsettled by Reem Faruqi (write-in)

0 votes 0.0%

Room to Dream (write-in)

0 votes 0.0%

132 total votes

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