"Grimes’ acclaimed novel in verse sees new life in comics format. Grimes’ tanka poems.pair nicely with Taylor’s straightforward illustrations, bringing to life Garvey’s story of newfound self-possession. School Library Journal Best Book of the Year With Theodore Taylor III’s full-color illustrations, this graphic novel edition is enthralling and inspiring. 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. 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. When his only friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey’s life changes. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey’s father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading-anything but sports. “My mom says, ‘shine your light, no one will care what size candle holds the flame.’ Will that advice help him overcome his fear and trepidation and allow him to be himself, or will he be faced to live life based on other peoples’ expectations?Ĭoretta Scott King Honoree, Nikki Grimes never disappoints.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. His new friend Manny gives Garvey some priceless advice from his mother. What looks like a disaster, turns into a testament of the Human Spirit. But when his lunch schedule changes, Garvey is left to fend for himself. He has one good friend, Joe, who accepts him for who he is. His relationship is strained with his father and his sister has taken to expressing mean comments about his ever increasing weight gain. It also doesn’t help that he is overweight and the object of much bullying at school. His older sister is quite the athlete, but Garvey prefers reading about Space and is a very good math student. Tanka is Japanese for “short poem.” The story features a very likable young man, Garvey and his interpersonal relationships with his family, friends and feelings about his place in the world. Nikki Grimes uses Tanka, an ancient poetry form for this story. Nikki Grimes has done it again! Garvey’s Choice is a wonderfully crafted story in verse.
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