TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grimes,Nikki
AU  - Taylor,Theodore
AU  - Grimes,Nikki
TI  - Garvey's choice: the graphic novel 
SN  - 9781662660023
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York
PB  - Wordsong, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
KW  - Fathers and sons
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Hobbies
KW  - Singing
KW  - Domestic comics
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Coming-of-age comics
KW  - Graphic novels
KW  - Comics (Graphic works)
N1  - Chiefly illustrations; Ages 9-12; Wordsong; Grades 4-6; Wordsong
N2  - "Award-winning author Nikki Grimes's beloved novel in verse Garvey's Choice is now a graphic novel, imaginatively and dramatically illustrated by Little Shaq artist Theodore Taylor III"--; 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
ER  -