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.
Garvey's Choice was a School Library Journal Best Book, a Kirkus
Reviews Best Book, a Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor Book, and a
Paterson Prize for Books for Young People Honor Book. With Theodore
Taylor III's full-color illustrations, this graphic novel edition is
enthralling and inspiring.