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.