Still alright. Schmidt G.

The dug has a pig and so life is not sugar: one brother serves in Vietnam, the second has criminal inclinations, it is better not to argue with his father - he will immediately cut it. And then there is still a move to the stupid town of Marisville. But in Marisville, the arc awaits not only someone else's, painful and bitter, but also truly beautiful. So, for example, he will see the engravings of the Odubon and begin to draw, participate in the Broadway production, and most importantly - he will meet Lil, who has the greenest eyes in the world.

“So far normal” - the second part of the planned girmidt trilogy , begun by the story “Battle of Wednesdays” (but the main character changed, in the “battles” of Dug Sviteki played a secondary role). As in the first part, Gary Schmidt explores the life of an ordinary American family in the late 1960s, during the period of historical upheavals and wars, intercoral gaps, powerful civilian movements and the broken of the usual life structure. The war in Vietnam and the Cold War, civil protests and the movement of "children-flower", domestic violence and patriarchal values-these are not just historical scenery, against which the book takes place. In the “Normally,” the breath of history touched every character. And everyone has to figure out how to live on now.

Nevertheless, “while normal” is not a historical story about the events of half a century ago. This is primarily a book for teenagers about adolescents. The eighth -grader of dugs, a bully and dwarf, have already learned a lot about the severity and injustice of life. But at that moment when it seems that there is no way out, Gary Schmidt, like a real humanist, comes to the aid of the hero. For an arc, acquaintance with the works of the American artist John James Odubon, thoughts on engravings, thoroughly copying the work of the master became the key to the discovery of himself and the world. And desperate and, at first glance, doomed to failure, attempts to collect together sold engravings from the book of Odubon - the first real life victory. On this path, Dug Sviteki met new friends and first love. Gary Schmidt offers a time -tested recipe: art, friendship and love - and we hope that it will help not only the heroes of the book, but also readers. Babkov), a twisted plot and a great sense of humor are unchanged components of all books by Gary Schmidt.

for secondary school age.