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Garvey's Choice
- Author
- Nikki Grimes
- Narrator
- James Shippy
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 4 October 2016
- Run Time
- 51 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Nikki Grimes
- Narrator
- James Shippy
- Duration
- 51 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 October 2016
- ISBN
- 9781501938948
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying and harassment, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Music
Synopsis
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. This emotionally resonant novel in verse by award-winning author Nikki Grimes celebrates choosing to be true to yourself.
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