Garvey's Choice
by Nikki Grimes
30 Total Resources 7 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Poetry
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2016
Word Count 4,680
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 620L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 182907
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Music
- Subject Headings
- Fathers and sons
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Bullying
- Hobbies
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Obesity--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Music
- Bullying
- Obesity
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Bullying
- Novels in verse
- Obesity--Juvenile fiction
- Hobbies--Juvenile fiction
- Obesity in adolescence
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Poetry
- Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction
- Bullies
- Friendship
- JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Music
Our Original Resources 6
Audio Name Pronunciation with Nikki Grimes
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In-depth Written Interview with Nikki Grimes
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Educator's Guide from Boyds Mills Press
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2019
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Teaching Ideas from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2019
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by James Shippey and Imani Parks
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Book Trailers 1

Video Book Trailer from Texas Bluebonnet Award
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 7

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Elementary Selection, 2017

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2020
Honor, 2017

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2017

ILA Children’s Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2017

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
Selection, 2017

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2020
Selection, 2016

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2016
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