Bibliograph

Garvey in the dark, Nikki Grimes

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Garvey in the dark, Nikki Grimes

Language

eng

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

008-012, Wordsong

resource.interestGradeLevel

4-6, Wordsong

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

Garvey in the dark

Responsibility statement

Nikki Grimes

Summary

What can one voice do? As the first rumblings of the pandemic sound around Garvey, he hardly notices. Caught up with his friends, school, chorus, and his newfound relationship with his father, he doesn't imagine that the new disease adults are talking about could touch him. But it will. When everything changes, when fear moves in, and when all seems dark, Garvey feels helpless. Yet one voice-- Garvey's voice--can be a powerful spark in the dark....Capturing the shock and reverberations of the COVID-19 pandemic through poetry, as Garvey's life goes into lockdown and his father becomes sick, Garvey must find a way to use his newfound musical skills to bring hope to both his father and himself.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

pre adolescent

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