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.
- ISBN10 1629797405
- ISBN13 9781629797403
- Publish Date 4 October 2016
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Boyds Mills Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 120
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781629797403