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A review by msgabbythelibrarian
Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes
4.0
Written in the TANKA poetry form (something I have recently discovered that I LOVE), this book is such a homage to Covid. Going inside the emotions of that time from masks (and making masks at home), to virtual school, to "essential" workers being exposed to COVID. Craving normalcy when the world was further reeling from racial violence, killer bees...in my state an earthquake.....I can absolutely pause, reflect, and remember these last 2 plus years. Calling it "the invisible beast" was truly an accurate description.
Covid truly knew no boundaries. People of all races, genders, sexes, and finances were affected. But this time hit us all differently. I wasn't one who was accused of being a thief when I wore a mask. (My skin color did not affect how people perceived me). I wasn't one who had loved ones get sick by the grace of God. But we all lived it. "Chronicling" it is an example of windows and mirrors. You know the ones we talk about in children's literature. ;)
It is going to be the material of books for years to come. But when they are written like Nikki Grimes....I'm okay with this! And for those who wonder about it being called a "sequel"....it did not read that way for me.
Covid truly knew no boundaries. People of all races, genders, sexes, and finances were affected. But this time hit us all differently. I wasn't one who was accused of being a thief when I wore a mask. (My skin color did not affect how people perceived me). I wasn't one who had loved ones get sick by the grace of God. But we all lived it. "Chronicling" it is an example of windows and mirrors. You know the ones we talk about in children's literature. ;)
It is going to be the material of books for years to come. But when they are written like Nikki Grimes....I'm okay with this! And for those who wonder about it being called a "sequel"....it did not read that way for me.