Summary Of Doug's 'Okay For Now'

Things are a lot harder until you find someone to help you get through it. In the book, Doug finds Lil. Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt is about a boy named Doug who has and alcoholic father, a mother, and two brothers. He meets a girl named Lil and they quickly become friends. Lil helps Doug become a better person by helping him to overcome challenges like school, his drawing, and she helps him to like Marysville. In the book, Lil helps Doug a lot with school. In chapter three, while Doug and Lil were in math class, this happened, “You could see it in the eyes of Mrs. Verne in math, who wouldnt call on me even when i raised my hand- even when I raised my hand and the only other hand up was Lil’s and Mrs. Verne had already called on her twice. When Lil got called on again, she looked back at me then turned to Mrs. Verne and said, “I think he knows””(99). This shows that Lil cares enough to try to help doug get called on to answer a question. Then in chapter six, while Doug and Lil were in science class, Doug got called on by the teacher to answer a question and this is what happened, “”Doug Swieteck?” Mr. Ferris asked. “The moon shot,” whispered Lil. “The moon shot,” I said. “Thank you, Lil Spicer. Yes, the moon shot…””(222). This shows that Lil will answer a question for Doug
In chapter one Doug moved to Marysville and he hated it at first. Several times throughout the book Doug says things like “”I hate this town””(58). Lil helped by getting him a job, helping him in school, and by being his friend. Then in chapter 10 while Doug was visiting Lil at the hospital, Lil was talking about how her and Doug would move to New York City someday and he said this, “”I'm pretty happy in Marysville””(333), then Lil said “”We'll find a way to compromise”” (333), and then Doug said, “”No, we won’t. We’ll live in Marysville””(333). Doug changed his mind about Marysville because of Lil and now he is happy