Okay For Now starts with Doug’s father getting fired from his job and Doug’s family having to move to Marysville. Doug is unhappy in his new home until he meets Lil and she offers him a job at her father’s deli, Spicer’s Deli. Christopher immediately finds his own pack of criminals to hang out with. Doug visits the library weekly and gets drawing lessons from the librarian, Mr. Powell. As a result of Christopher hanging out with the pack of criminals, he gets accused of robbing Spicer’s Deli. The first day of school, Doug’s teacher treat him rudely because of the accusations against his brother. Mr. Powell tells Doug that the bird paintings from the Birds of America are being sold to buyers so the city can collect money. The bird paintings
