Garvey's Choice

By - Grimes, Nikki

Floor - Floor 3

Published - Wordsong, an imprint of Highlights, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, 2016

ISBN 10 - 1629797405

ISBN 13 - 9781629797403

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Fathers and sons

Shelf No - 2

Call Number - 808 GRI

Physical Description - xi, 108 pages; Illustration 20 cm

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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.

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