# Garvey's Choice - Hardcover

by **Nikki Grimes** (Author)

**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 Biography

_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

**Number of Pages:** 120

**Dimensions:** 0.6 x 7.5 x 5 IN

**Publication Date:** October 04, 2016

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Garvey's Choice

**Interest Level:** Middle Grades, 4-8

**Reading Level:** 3.6

**Point Value:** 1

## Details

- **Price:** 17.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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