Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty

Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty - Paperback

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Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty - Paperback

Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty - Paperback

by G. Neri
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Book Overview

Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor - American Library Association (ALA)
Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Nominee

A graphic novel based on the life and death of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year-old gang member from Chicago's Southside who was killed by his own gang members.

Eleven-year-old Roger is trying to make sense of his classmate Robert "Yummy" Sandifer's death, but first he has to make sense of Yummy's life. Yummy could be as tough as a pit bull sometimes. Other times he was as sweet as the sugary treats he loved to eat. Was Yummy some sort of monster, or just another kid?

As Roger searches for the truth, he finds more and more questions. How did Yummy end up in so much trouble? Did he really kill someone? And why do all the answers seem to lead back to a gang-the same gang Roger's older brother belongs to?

Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty is a compelling dramatization based on events that occurred in Chicago in 1994. This gritty exploration of youth gang life will force readers to question their own understandings of good and bad, right and wrong.
ISBN9781584302674
Author G. Neri
PublisherLee & Low Books
GenreChildren and Comics & graphic novels
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2010
LanguageENG- English
Pages96
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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G. Neri is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including My Antarctica: True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots, and So Much More; Hello, I'm Johnny Cash; When Paul Met Artie: The Story of Simon & Garfunkel; Ghetto Cowboy; Polo Cowboy; and Christo and Jeanne-Claude Wrap the World: The Story of Two Groundbreaking Environmental Artists. His books have been translated into multiple languages in more than twenty-five countries. He is a multiple National Science Foundation grantee and a founding co-chair of the Antarctic Artists and Writers Collective. He received an honorary doctorate from the State University of New York (SUNY) for his writing and his contributions to polar science outreach. He lives with his family on the Gulf Coast of Florida. He can be found online at gneri.com.

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