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Garvey's Choice

Garvey's Choice


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Kirkus ReviewsBest Book of the Year School Library JournalBest Book of the Year 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.

About the Author :
New York Timesbestselling author Nikki Grimes is the recipient of the 2020 ALAN Award for outstanding contributions to young adultliterature, the 2017 Children's Literature Legacy Award, the 2016 Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, and the 2006 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Her distinguished works include the much-honored booksGarvey's Choice, ALA Notable bookSouthwest Sunrise, Coretta Scott King Award winnerBronx Masquerade, and five Coretta Scott King Author Honor books,Printz and Siebert Honor winnerOrdinary Hazards,Boston Globe-Horn Book HonorOne Last Word,its companionLegacy-Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance,andNYT BestsellerKamala Harris-Rooted in Justice.Creator of the popularMeet Danitra Brown,Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel,Bedtime for Sweet Creatures,andOff to See the Sea,Grimes lives in Corona, California.Visit nikkigrimes.com.

Review :
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year School Library Journal Best Book of the Year 'Grimes returns to the novel-in-verse format, creating voice, characters, and plot in a series of pithy tanka poems, a traditional Japanese form similar to haiku, but using five lines.... (w)ritten from Garvey's point of view, the succinct verses convey the narrative as well as his emotions with brevity, clarity, and finesse.' -Booklist, starred review "(A) sensitively written middle grade novel in verse... (readers) will fall hard for Garvey, a tender, sincere boy who dislikes athletics. Grimes writes about adolescent friendships in a way that feels deeply human. A short, sweet, satisfying novel in verse that educators and readers alike will love." -School Library Journal, starred review "Grimes' newest follows a young black boy searching for his own unique voice, lost among his father's wishes and society's mischaracterizations. This compassionate, courageous, and hopeful novel explores the constraints placed on black male identity and the corresponding pains and struggles that follow when a young black boy must confront these realities both at home and in school.... This graceful novel risks stretching beyond easy, reductive constructions of black male coming-of-age stories and delivers a sincere, authentic story of resilience and finding one's voice." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Grimes tells a big-hearted story of Garvey...(e)mploying the Japanese poetic form of tanka-five-line poems (or, here, stanzas) with haiku-like syllable counts-Grimes reveals Garvey's thoughts, feelings, and observations, the spare poetry a good vehicle for a young man's attempts to articulate the puzzle that is his life." -The Horn Book


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781635925111
  • Publisher: Astra Publishing House
  • Publisher Imprint: Wordsong
  • Height: 190 mm
  • No of Pages: 120
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 128 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1635925118
  • Publisher Date: 14 Sep 2021
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 164 gr


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