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
Publisher: Wordsong
Published: 10/04/2016
ISBN: 9781629797403
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.60d

Review Citations: 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

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