{"product_id":"garveys-choice-the-graphic-novel","title":"Garvey's Choice: The Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eAward-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchool Library Journal Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarvey’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarvey’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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Story Garden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67610824376627,"sku":"9781662660085","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/0305\/5923\/files\/9781662660085.jpg?v=1791218026","url":"https:\/\/the-story-garden-2.myshopify.com\/products\/garveys-choice-the-graphic-novel","provider":"The Story Garden","version":"1.0","type":"link"}