Garvey's Choice

This emotionally resonant novel in verse by award-winning author Nikki Grimes celebrates choosing to be true to yourself.

Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading--anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey's life changes. The chorus finds a new soloist in Garvey, and through chorus, Garvey finds a way to accept himself, and a way to finally reach his distant father--by speaking the language of music instead of the language of sports.

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Grimes, Nikki
Published: 10/04/2016
Publisher: Wordsong
ISBN: 9781629797403
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.60d