Garvey's Choice by Grimes, Nikki

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.

Author: Nikki Grimes
Publisher: Wordsong
Published: 10/04/2016
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781629797403
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 182907 / Garvey's Choice


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2016 pg. 110
School Library Journal 07/01/2016 pg. 66
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2016 pg. 109
Publishers Weekly 08/08/2016
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2016 pg. 107
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2016 pg. 55
BookPage 10/01/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2016
School Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 33
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2023 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author
New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes is the recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, the ALA Children's Literature Legacy Award, and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Her books include her critically acclaimed memoir in verse Ordinary Hazards as well as picture books Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice and Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope. She won the Coretta Scott King Award for Bronx Masquerade and earned a Coretta Scott King Author Honor five times--for Words with Wings, Jazmin's Notebook, Dark Sons, Talkin' About Bessie, and The Road to Paris. Visit nikkigrimes.com